Queen Elizabeth Islands Queen Elizabeth Islands The Queen Elizabeth Islands (; formerly Parry Islands or Parry Archipelago) are the northernmost cluster of islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Northern Canada. The Queen Elizabeth Islands contain approximately 14% of the global glacier and ice cap area. (excluding the inland and shelf ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica). The islands, together in area, were renamed as a group after Elizabeth II on her coronation as Queen of Canada in 1953. The islands cover an area approximating to the shape of a right triangle, bounded by the Nares Strait
MV Queen of the Islands to leave the conveniences of the city. MV Queen of the Islands M/V "Queen of the Islands" was a RORO ferry operated by BC Ferries between 1963 and 1991. Although the passenger areas provided for an enjoyable travel experience for the general public, she was much maligned by the crews that worked on her, and the "Queen of the Islands" quickly garnered a reputation as being one of the most unloved ships ever to have operated with BC Ferries. The "Queen of the Islands" was built by the Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver in 1963. "Queen of the