Killiniq Island situated on what is now the Nunavut side of the island, part of the territory's Qikiqtaaluk Region. The locality was known by Europeans as early as 1569, marked on a Mercator map. The island is now uninhabited. An automated remote radio transmitter for Iqaluit Coast Guard Radio remains in operation. Killiniq Island Killiniq Island (English: "ice floes") is a small, remote island in northeastern Canada. Located at the extreme northern tip of Labrador between Ungava Bay and the Labrador Sea, it is notable in that it contains the only land border between Nunavut territory and the province of Newfoundland and
Christopher Middleton (navigator) proceeded north into Roes Welcome Sound and discovered Wager Inlet where he was iced in for three weeks. At the head of the sound he was blocked by ice and named the place Repulse Bay. Middleton returned to England in 1742, where he was presented with the Copley Medal by the Royal Society, to whom he presented a paper on "The extraordinary degrees and surprising effects of Cold in Hudson's Bay". Christopher Middleton (navigator) Christopher Middleton (died 12 February 1770) was a British naval officer and navigator. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on . On ,