English Explanatory Dictionary

Pelly Bay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.
  2. Former name of Kugaaruk.
  3. A military base on the bay that originated as a DEW Line station

Word forms

Pelly Bay

Etymology

From Pelly + bay. Named after Sir John Pelly, the governor of the British colony corporation, the Hudson's Bay Company, that operated the colony of Rupert's Land, that includes this body of water.

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