on coast of Beaufort Sea, between Cape Halkett and Oliktok Point, Arctic Plain. 57 miles wide.
On July 26, 1837, Dease and Simpson (Simpson, Thomas, 1843, p. 133), "conferred the name of Harrison Bay, in honour of the Deputy Governor (Hudson's Bay Company; Benjamin Harrison, Deputy Governor, 1835-1839) * * * whose attention had been so long sedulously directed to the moral and religious improvement of the natives of the Indian country * * *."
Cape Halkett, Comfort Point, Saktuina Point,
Rivers: