Franklin Bay
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Franklin Bay receives the Horton River.[1] There are gales in the early winter months.[2]
Franklin Bay was named in honour of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin by John Richardson in 1826.[3]
History
Based on hearsay rather than exploration, Émile Petitot, a French Missionary Oblate and a notable Canadian northwest cartographer, ethnologist, and geographer charted the Hornaday River's mouth at Franklin Bay, instead of Darnley Bay in his flawed 1875 maps and account.[4]
Langton Bay was the base of operations for the three-year expedition, 1909 to 1912, of Arctic explorers Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Rudolph Anderson[5]
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