Post-Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and Global Warming in Subarctic Canada: Implications for Islands of the James Bay Region

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Tsuji, Leonard J.S., Gomez, Natalya, Mitrovica, Jerry X., Kendall, Roblyn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: sea-level change; subarctic Canada; post-glacial isostatic adjustment; global warming; islands of James Bay; changement du niveau de la mer; Canada subarctique; ajustement isostatique postglaciaire; réchauffement climatique; îles de la baie James; Akimiski Island; Baie James; Canada; Cape Hope Islands; La Borne; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Rupert; Strutton Islands; Akimiski island; Arctic; Ice Sheet; James Bay; Subarctic; subarctique*; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Cris
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63239

When Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory became a part of Canada as the Northwest Territories in 1870, the islands of James Bay were included within the new territorial boundaries. These same islands became a part of Nunavut in 1999, when the new territory was created from the eastern regi...