Doak Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
68°23′N 111°26′W / 68.383°N 111.433°W / 68.383; -111.433 (Doak Island)Canada
Doak Island is an island located within Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is approximately 4 m (13 ft) above sea level.[1]
It was named after Corporal William Andrew Doak, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.[2] Doak was killed by his Inuit prisoner, Alikomiak, in 1922 at Kugluktuk.[3] Alikomiak and his fellow prisoner Tatimagana were the first Inuit to be executed for murder under Canadian law.[4]
Other islands in the vicinity include Bate Island, Murray Island, Edinburgh Island, and Takhoalok Island, as well as the Sesqui Islands.[5]
References
- ^ "Doak Island ca. 4 m m". geonames.org. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ Hulgaard, William Joseph; White, John Wesley (2002). Honoured in Places: Remembered Mounties Across Canada. Heritage House Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-894384-39-1.
- ^ Komar, Debra (2019-03-16). The Court of Better Fiction: Three Trials, Two Executions, and Arctic Sovereignty. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-4597-4409-7.
- ^ "Alikomiak and Tatimagana | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "Doak Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
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Islands of the Kitikmeot Region
- Beverly
- Bryde
- Clarence
- De la Roquette
- Dixon
- Finlayson
- Gibson
- Hay
- Hobday
- Hovgaard
- Keith
- King William
- Little Camping
- Matty
- Minto
- Montreal
- O'Reilly
- Prince of Wales
- Putulik
- Qikiqtagafaaluk
- Qikiqtaryuaq
- Qikiqtaryuaq (Queen Maud Gulf)
- Royal Geographical Society
- Stefansson
- Sutton
- Tasmania
- Tennent
- Umingmalik
- Victoria
- Winter
- Algaq
- Aupilaktuq
- Barry
- Chapman
- Galena
- Iqalulialuk
- Igluhugyuk
- Marcet
- North Quadyuk
- Patsy Klengenberg
- Qannuyak
- Qannuyak (Barry Islands)
- Qikiqtaryuaq (Bathurst Inlet)
- Quadyuk
- Shoe
- Stockport
- Triple
- Walrus
- Wignick
- Aiyohok
- Akvitlak
- Anchor
- Bate
- Berens
- Black Berry
- Blaze
- Cockburn
- Couper
- Deadman
- Doak
- Duke of York
- Edinburgh
- Haodlon
- Hatoayok
- Hepburn
- Hokagon
- Home
- Ivuniryuaq
- Jameson
- Kabviukvik
- Kigirktaryuk
- Kitaagunnaat
- Kingak
- Lawford
- Leo
- Mangak
- Miles
- Nakahungaqtuaryuit
- Nallukatarvik
- Nanortut
- Nanukton
- Nattiqtuut
- Nauyan
- Nichols
- Onitkok
- Outcast
- Porden
- Richardson
- Sesqui
- Seven Mile
- Sir Graham Moore
- Sisters
- Takhoalok
- Ungiiviit
- Astronomical Society
- Copeland
- Harrison
- Hecla and Fury
- Helen
- Lady Parry
- Martin
- Pouncet
- Somerset
- Susanna
- Wales
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Islands of the Kivalliq Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
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