Doak Island
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]
  Doak Island Location in Nunavut | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Coronation Gulf |
| Coordinates | 68°23′N 111°26′W |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kitikmeot |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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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