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The Integrated Geoscience of the Northwest Passage: Boothia Peninsula–Somerset Island Activity of the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program, Phase 2 (2013–2020), is a collaborative project between the Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office and the Geological Survey of Canada.

In the summer of 2017, fieldwork was conducted on Boothia Peninsula, north of the hamlet of Taloyoak, Nunavut. The results of the surficial geology study will assist the search for and future development of natural resources, and provide input for infrastructure and environmental studies.

Samples previously collected in 2005 and 2007 were reanalyzed in this project.

A summary of the work can be found in Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office (CNGO) Summary of Activities 2017.  The data are to be released in 2020.

Funding was provided by the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program phase 2 and the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency.  CanNor, established in 2009, works alongside its partners and stakeholders to foster northern economic development across Canada’s three territories by creating a strong, diversified and sustainable economy that generates jobs, growth and long-term prosperity for the benefit of Northerners and all Canadians.