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2 unusual facts about Frobisher Bay


Frobisher

Frobisher Bay, a bay in Baffin Island, named after Martin Frobisher

Polaris Reef

Polaris Reef is a reef, or shallows, in Frobisher Bay, near Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.


Frobisher Bay Air Base

During late July 1941, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) team headed by Captain Elliott Roosevelt investigated the Frobisher Bay region for a potential airport for use in trans-Atlantic air traffic.

Thanksgiving

On his third and final voyage to the far north, Frobisher held a formal ceremony in Frobisher Bay in Baffin Island (present-day Nunavut) to give thanks to God and in a service ministered by the preacher Robert Wolfall they celebrated Communion.


see also

Altofts

Martin Frobisher, Elizabethan sea captain and adventurer, credited with the discovery of Frobisher Bay in Canada; born in Altofts