Native Bay
{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}}
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Native Bay is a waterway in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Hudson Bay off western Southampton Island. The Bell Peninsula lies to the southeast. Native Point is located at the bay's southern tip. East Bay is {{cvt|20|km}} to the east and Coral Harbour is {{cvt|36|km}} to the north northwest.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/southampton.php |title=Southampton Island |publisher=oceandots.com |access-date=2009-05-05 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/southampton.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=63.866667&londec=-82.633333&sort-field=distance&from=Native+Bay&q=Coral+Harbour |title=Point-to-point distance Native Bay – Coral Harbour |date=16 February 2021|access-date=27 May 2024|publisher=Natural Resources Canada}}
Geography
The habitat consists of three main types, water, unvegetated land, and moist or wet vegetated tundra.{{sfn|ECCC|2020|p=11}} This can be further broken down as dry heath, gravel ridge, intertidal zone, moss carpet, scrub willow, and sedge meadow.{{cite journal|last=Pickavance|first=J.R. |date=September 2006|title=The Spiders of East Bay, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada|journal=Arctic|volume=59|issue=3 |page=278|url=https://research.library.mun.ca/432/ |doi=10.14430/arctic313}} The elevation rises up to {{cvt|122|m}} above sea level.{{sfn|ECCC|2020|p=2}}
Climate
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Southampton Island has a severe subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) which transitions into a tundra climate (ET). Like almost all of Nunavut, Southampton Island is entirely above the tree line. Coral Harbour has never gone above freezing in January, February and March (although the latter has recorded {{convert|0.0|C}}. Due to the frozen nature of Hudson Bay, there is a severe seasonal lag until June, especially compared to more continental areas such as Fairbanks despite much sunshine and perpetual twilight at night. Due to the drop of solar strength and the absence of warm water even in summer, temperatures still drop off very fast as September approaches. Cold extremes are severe, but in line with many areas even farther south in Canada's interior.
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Fauna
East Bay/Native Bay is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU023) and lies just outside of the East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Notable bird species include Atlantic brant, colonial water birds, seabirds, common eider, and lesser snow goose.{{cite web|url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU023 |title=East Bay/Native Bay |publisher=bsc-eoc.org |access-date=2009-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612102834/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU023 |archive-date=June 12, 2011 }}
Caribou frequent the area.
History
An archeological site exists on the west side of Native Point, the largest Sallirmiut site on the island.{{cite web|url=http://mailhub.edu.nu.ca/kivalliq/orientation/CoralHarbour.html|title=History|publisher=edu.nu.ca|access-date=2009-05-05}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite report|url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2021/eccc/CW66-689-2020-eng.pdf |title=Qaqsauqtuuq Migratory Bird Sanctuary Management Plan|publisher=Environment and Climate Change Canada|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2024| ref = {{harvid|ECCC|2020}}}}
{{Bays of Nunavut}}