Borden Island, shown at the north east of the map.
Borden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada with an area of 2795 square kilometres. It lies north of Mackenzie King Island and is similarly split between Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Queen Elizabeth Islands (formerly known as the Parry Islands) form the northern part of the Canadian arctic islands, lying in Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Canada. ... Mackenzie King Island and Borden Island Mackenzie King Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Canada. ... A former territory in the United States is called Northwest Territory. ... For the electoral districts of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district) and Nunavut (Senate Division). ...
First reached by Europeans in 1916, it is sometimes described as two islands joined by ice, but is generally depicted as a single landmass. 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...
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