Description
Simpson Lagoon is located extends NW from Point McIntyre, between Jones and Return Is., and mainland, on Beaufort Sea coast; Arctic Plain.
History
Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 91) "After Thomas Simpson of the Hudson's Bay Co." * * * His name has been placed at Simpson Lagoon, behind Return Islands and Jones Islands, as he was the first white man to traverse this body of water."