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2 unusual facts about Repulse Bay


Francis Leopold McClintock

In 1854 John Rae (explorer) traveled west from Repulse Bay, Nunavut and learned from the Inuit that a ship had been abandoned somewhere to the west.

Xiao Hong

She was buried at dusk on January 25, 1942 in Hong Kong's Repulse Bay.


Southampton Island

At the beginning of the 20th century, the island was repopulated by Aivilingmiut from Repulse Bay and Chesterfield Inlet, influenced to do so by whaler Capt. George Comer and others.


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Shark net

They can be clearly picked out on Google Earth - at 22^14'38" North, 114^11'26" East, see "Repulse Bay".