Information About

Camden Bay

Camden Bay

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
About

on Beaufort Sea coast between Barter I. and Point Brownlow, Arctic Plain. 50 miles wide.

History of Camden Bay

Named August 4, 1826, by Franklin (1828, p. 147) who wrote: "we embarked, * * * to cross the bay, which has been named in honour of the Marquess Camden." The son of Lord Chancellor Pratt, the Earl of Camden, "the Marquess became successively a Lord of the Admiralty, a Lord of the Treasury, and Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland in the ministry of William Pitt" (Stuck, 1920, p. 301).

Places Near Camden Bay
Bays:

Camden Bay,

Capes:

Konganevik Point,

Rivers:

Tamayariak River,