Description

Foggy Island is located in Foggy I. Bay, Sagavanirktok River Delta, on Beaufort Sea coast, 35 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain

History

Named by Franklin (1828, p. 155) August 11, 1826, who, having been detained eight days by fogs, described "this dreary place by the name of Foggy Island."

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