Cape_Hope_Islands

Cape Hope Islands

Cape Hope Islands

Island group in Nunavut, Canada

The Cape Hope Islands are an uninhabited Canadian arctic islands group located within the midsection of James Bay in Nunavut, Canada. They are situated south of Vieux-Comptoir (Old Factory).[1]

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History

The Inuit who lived on the Cape Hope Islands in the 1930s were transferred by the government to Great Whale River in 1960.[2] They now live in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, and there is no longer a permanent settlement on the Cape Hope Islands.

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Cape Hope Islands". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. [2]
    Morantz, Toby Elaine (2002). The white man's gonna getcha: the colonial challenge to the Crees in Quebec. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-7735-2299-9.
  3. [3]
    "Minnie Aodla Freeman". collectionscanada.gc.ca. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-04-21.


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