Resolute Bay

{{Short description|Bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada}}

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{{About|the body of water|the community|Resolute, Nunavut}}

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|name= Resolute Bay

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|caption = Looking west along the edge of Resolute Bay.

|location= Parry Channel

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|pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut

|oceans= Arctic Ocean

|countries= Canada

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Resolute Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Named after the Arctic exploration vessel {{HMS|Resolute|1850|6}},{{Cite web|url=http://www.qtcommission.com/actions/GetPage.php?pageId=18&communityId=12|title=Resolute Bay Community History|access-date=January 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715134445/http://www.qtcommission.com/actions/GetPage.php?pageId=18&communityId=12 |archive-date=July 15, 2011}} it is located in Parry Channel{{ref|map 1|map}} on the southern side of Cornwallis Island.{{ref|map 2|map}} The hamlet of Resolute{{ref|map 3|map}} is located on the northern shore of the bay with Resolute Bay Airport{{ref|map 4|map}} to the northwest. The Inuit associated with Resolute Bay are called Qausuittuq{{cite web |url=http://www.langtag.com/INUITIC_JUNE_2006.pdf |title=The Linguasphere Online |publisher=langtag.com |access-date=March 31, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and the population of the hamlet in the 2021 census was 183.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000262 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | access-date=February 19, 2022}}

On the western shore, the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment (DRTE) and the Communications Research Centre Canada{{cite web|url=http://friendsofcrc.ca/Projects/Sounding%20Rockets/rocket.html |title=Friends of the CRC - Sounding Rockets |publisher=Friendsofcrc.ca |access-date=January 10, 2013}} operated a launch site for sounding rockets.{{ref|map 5|map}} Between 1966 and 1971 rockets of the types Black Brant and Boosted Arcas were launched.{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/restebay.htm |title=Encyclopedia Astronautica - Resolute Bay |publisher=Astronautix.com |access-date=January 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219043305/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/restebay.htm |archive-date=December 19, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://global-edventure.net/canada/journal/en/haugan/0220.html |title=Canada Journal. February 20, 2005. by Håvard Svidal-Haugan |publisher=Global-edventure.net |date=February 20, 2005 |access-date=January 10, 2013}}

File:Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.png|Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.

File:Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.png|Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.

File:Resolute Bay 1 1997-08-02.jpg|Resolute Bay: View from Signal Hill to the Inuit-Settlement "Village" and to Resolute Passage (August 1997)

File:Resolute Bay 2 1997-08-02.jpg|Another view over Resolute Bay to the Inuit Settlement "Village" (August 1997)

File:1 of several Ancient Thule Homes.jpg, ancestors of the Inuit, near the hamlet of Resolute it was restored by archaeologists.]]