Baffin, region (392,905 sq mi/1,017,889 sq km; 1991 pop. 11,385), N.W.T., Canada; Iqaluit. It extends N from the southernmost portion of the Hudson Bay to the N tip of Ellesmere Isl. and E from Prince Patrick Isl. to Baffin Isl. The region includes the isls. of Devon, Bathurst, Melville, Prince Patrick, and Somerset, in addition to the Melville Peninsula. Fishing, sealing, and craft making; mining. The region was created in the early 1970s by the territorial govt.
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Iqaluit. It extends N from the southernmost portion of the Hudson Bay to the N tip of Ellesmere Isl. and E from Prince Patrick Isl. to Baffin Isl. The region includes the isls. of Devon, Bathurst, Melville, Prince Patrick, and Somerset, in addition to the Melville Peninsula. Fishing, sealing, and craft making; mining. The region was created in the early 1970s by the territorial govt.
