Blacklead Island is a

Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second-largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is (slightly smal ...

offshore islet located in the

Arctic Archipelago The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, which is, by itself, much larger ...

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Qikiqtaaluk Region The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut nam ...

. It lies in

Cumberland Sound Cumberland Sound (; Inuit: ''Kangiqtualuk'') is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a western arm of the Labrador Sea located between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula. It is approxima ...

, northwest of Kikiktaluk Island, approximately from Harrison Point and from Niante Harbour.

History

The island had been used by the

Inuit Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwe ...

for

whaling Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16t ...

. Later used by Europeans, it was known as the Blacklead Island Whaling Station, and was designated a

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in 1985. In 1894 the whaling station was purchased by Mr. C. Noble and offered to

Edmund Peck Edmund James Peck (April 15, 1850 – September 10, 1924), known in Inuktitut as ''Uqammaq'' (one who talks well),

as an

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mission Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada *Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality * Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * ...

.The Life and Work of E. J. Peck Among the Eskimos by the Rev. Arthur Lewis, M.A.
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References

Islands of Baffin Island Islands of Cumberland Sound National Historic Sites in Nunavut Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Whaling stations in Canada Whaling in Canada Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in Nunavut Former populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region Protected areas established in 1985 1985 establishments in Canada {{QikiqtaalukNU-island-stub