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{{Short description|Bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada}}
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{{About|the body of water|the community|Resolute, Nunavut}}
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|name= Resolute Bay
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|caption = Looking west along the edge of Resolute Bay.
|location= [[Parry Channel]]
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'''Resolute Bay''' is an [[Arctic]] waterway in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. Named after the Arctic exploration vessel {{HMS|Resolute|1850|6}},<ref name="RBCH">{{Cite web|url=http://www.qtcommission.com/actions/GetPage.php?pageId=18&communityId=12|title=Resolute Bay Community History|access-date=January 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715134445/http://www.qtcommission.com/actions/GetPage.php?pageId=18&communityId=12 |archive-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> it is located in [[Parry Channel]]{{ref|map 1|map}} on the southern side of [[Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)|Cornwallis Island]].{{ref|map 2|map}} The hamlet of [[Resolute, Nunavut|Resolute]]{{ref|map 3|map}} is located on the northern shore of the bay with [[Resolute Bay Airport]]{{ref|map 4|map}} to the northwest. The [[Inuit]] associated with Resolute Bay are called ''Qausuittuq''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.langtag.com/INUITIC_JUNE_2006.pdf |title=The Linguasphere Online |publisher=langtag.com |access-date=March 31, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the population of the hamlet in the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] was 183.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000262 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref>

On the western shore, the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment (DRTE) and the [[Communications Research Centre Canada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://friendsofcrc.ca/Projects/Sounding%20Rockets/rocket.html |title=Friends of the CRC - Sounding Rockets |publisher=Friendsofcrc.ca |access-date=January 10, 2013}}</ref> operated a launch site for [[sounding rocket]]s.{{ref|map 5|map}} Between 1966 and 1971 rockets of the types [[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant]] and [[Boosted Arcas]] were launched.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/restebay.htm |title=Encyclopedia Astronautica - Resolute Bay |publisher=Astronautix.com |access-date=January 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219043305/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/restebay.htm |archive-date=December 19, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://global-edventure.net/canada/journal/en/haugan/0220.html |title=Canada Journal. February 20, 2005. by Håvard Svidal-Haugan |publisher=Global-edventure.net |date=February 20, 2005 |access-date=January 10, 2013}}</ref>

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File:Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.png|Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.
File:Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.png|Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.
File:Resolute Bay 1 1997-08-02.jpg|Resolute Bay: View from Signal Hill to the Inuit-Settlement "Village" and to Resolute Passage (August 1997)
File:Resolute Bay 2 1997-08-02.jpg|Another view over Resolute Bay to the Inuit Settlement "Village" (August 1997)

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[[File:1 of several Ancient Thule Homes.jpg|thumb|A small hut built some 600 years ago by the [[Thule people]], ancestors of the [[Inuit]], near the hamlet of [[Resolute, Nunavut|Resolute]] it was restored by archaeologists.]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
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* Bremner, Peter C. ''Diamond Drilling in Permafrost at Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories''. Publications of the Dominion Observatory (Ottawa), v. 16, no. 12. Ottawa: Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1955.
* Canada, and F. C. Plet. ''Q-Indices of Magnetic Activity at Resolute Bay, Baker Lake, and Yellowknife Magnetic Observatories for Selected Days of the International Geophysical Year''. Publications of the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, v.27, no. 4. 1963.
* Higdon, Jeff W., and Stefan Romberg. 2006. "Observations of Juvenile Ivory Gulls (Pagophila Eburnea) in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, August 2005". ''[[Polar Record]]''. 42, no. 2: 170-172.
* Hocking, W K. 2001. "Special Section: Early Polar Cap Observatory - Middle Atmosphere Dynamical Studies at Resolute Bay Over a Full Representative Year: Mean Winds, Tides, and Special Oscillations (Paper 2000RS001003)". ''Radio Science''. 36, no. 6: 1795.
* Hodges, J. C., and Howard Francis Bates. ''The Polar Auroral Radar System McMurdo Base, Antarctica and Resolute Bay, N.W.T., Canada''. Menlo Park, Calif: Stanford Research Institute, 1975.
* Lund, Karen E. ''An Investigation of Cadmium and Lead from a High Arctic Waste Disposal Site, Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada''. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, 2005. {{ISBN|0-612-99353-1}}
* Michel, Christine. ''Biological investigation of first-year sea ice near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, spring to early summer 2001''. Winnipeg: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2003.
* Sauriol, Jacques. ''Channel Development and Fluvial Processes in Snow-Filled Valleys, Resolute Bay, N.W.T''. Hamilton, Ont: McMaster University, 1978.
* Stocker, Zbigniew Stanislaw J. ''The Ecology of the Streams at Char Lake, Resolute Bay, North West Territories''. Waterloo, Ont: University of Waterloo, Dept. of Biology, 1972.
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==Mapping==
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*{{note|map 1}}Parry Channel, {{coord|74|26|N|094|45|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|display=inline|name=Parry Channel (Resolute Bay)}}
*{{note|map 2}}Cornwallis Island, {{coord|75|05|N|95|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline|name=Cornwallis Island (Resolute Bay)}}
*{{note|map 3}}Resolute, {{coord|74|41|51|N|094|49|56|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|display=inline|name=Resolute (Resolute Bay)}}
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*{{note|map 4}}Resolute Bay Airport, {{coord|74|43|01|N|094|58|10|W|type:airport_region:CA-NU|display=inline|name=Resolute Bay Airport (Resolute Bay)}}
*{{note|map 5}}DRTE/CRC launch site, {{coord|74|41|N|094|54|W|region:CA-NU_type:landmark|display=inline|name=DRTE/CRC launch site (Resolute Bay)}}
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{{Bays of Nunavut}}
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[[Category:Bays of Qikiqtaaluk Region]]
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