Purchase Bay (75°32′N 116°10′W / 75.533°N 116.167°W) is a fjord in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, on the western side of Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is approximately 65 km (40 mi) long. It was named for the engineer of HMS Intrepid, Thomas Purchase, during the Belcher expedition[1]
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- ↑ "Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
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