Pelly Bay
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English
Etymology
From Pelly + bay. Named after Sir John Pelly, the governor of the British colony corporation, the Hudson's Bay Company, that operated the colony of Rupert's Land, that includes this body of water.
Proper noun
- A bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.
- Former name of Kugaaruk.
- A military base on the bay that originated as a DEW Line station