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Bowman Bay (Nunavut)

Bowman Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Foxe Basin by northeastern Foxe Peninsula off Baffin Island. The nearest community is Kinngait, situated to the south, while Nuwata (), a former settlement, is situated to the west near Finnie Bay.

Avifauna

During ornithologist J. Dewey Soper's 1928–31 Arctic expedition, he located the blue goose (C. c. caerulescens) nesting grounds on Bluegoose Plain by Bowman Bay.

Conservation

The Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1957. The Isulijarniq Migratory Bird Sanctuary stretches from Bowman Bay to the Koukdjuak River.

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