Parry Channel

Parry Channel

The Parry Channel (coord|74|19|60|N|93|0|0|W) is a natural waterway through thecentral Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It runs east to west, connecting Baffin Bay in the east with the Beaufort Sea in the west. [cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/P0083100.html |title=Parry Channel |accessdate=2008-06-02 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work=2000 |publisher=The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition] The channel separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands to the north from the rest of Nunavut. [cite web |url=http://www.thecanadapage.org/Nunavut.htm |title=Nunavut: Our newest territory |accessdate=2008-06-02 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=thecanadapage.org]

Parry Channel is named after Arctic explorer William Edward Parry.

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