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{{Short description|Former district of the Canadian Northwest Territories}}
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|nation                 = [[North-West Territories]]
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|year_start             = 1895
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The '''District of Franklin''' was a regional administrative district of [[Canada]]'s [[Northwest Territories]]. The district consisted of the Canadian high [[Canadian Arctic islands|Arctic Islands]], notably [[Ellesmere Island]], [[Baffin Island]], and [[Victoria Island (Canada)|Victoria Island]]. The district also contained the mainland [[Melville Peninsula]] and [[Boothia Peninsula]].

English navigators [[Martin Frobisher]] and [[Henry Hudson]] were the first Europeans known to have visited the area (although Viking sailors, coming from Greenland, may have made occasional landings and hunting treks on Baffin Island in the 11th and 12th centuries). The area was transferred from British colonial authority to the Dominion of Canada in 1894 and named after Sir [[John Franklin]] in the following year; however, the northernmost islands were claimed by [[Norway]] until the year 1930.

Along with the [[District of Keewatin]] and the [[District of Mackenzie]], it was one of the three districts of the old Northwest Territories before the formation of [[Nunavut]] in 1999, at which point the district ceased to exist, although as an [[List of regions of the Northwest Territories|administrative district of the NWT]] it had ceased to function several years prior to the splitting off of Nunavut. The area of the former District of Franklin was divided between the remaining portion of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. In the process, Victoria Island was divided with approximately two-thirds of its area falling in Nunavut, and several other islands were also divided between the two territories.

==Further reading==
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* Balkwill, H. R. ''Geology of Amund Ringnes, Cornwall, and Haig-Thomas Islands, District of Franklin''. Ottawa, Ont., Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1983. {{ISBN|0-660-10855-0}}
* Balkwill, H. R., W. S. Hopkins, and J. H. Wall. ''Geology of Lougheed Island and Nearby Small Islands, District of Franklin (Parts of 69C, 79D)''. Ottawa, Canada: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1982. {{ISBN|0-660-10856-9}}
* Geological Survey of Canada, R. L. Christie, H. P. Trettin, and U. Mayr. ''Lady Franklin Bay, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories''. Open file (Geological Survey of Canada), 2136. 1984.
* Dyke, Arthur S., John T. Andrews, and [[Gifford H. Miller]]. ''Quaternary Geology of Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, District of Franklin''. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1982. {{ISBN|0-660-11182-9}}
* Geological Survey of Canada, A. F. Embry, H. P. Trettin, and U. Mayr. ''Tanquary Fiord, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories''. Open file (Geological Survey of Canada), 2135. 1988.
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[[Category:Districts of the Northwest Territories]]
[[Category:Baffin Island]]