Pelly Bay

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.
• A military base on the bay that originated as a DEW Line station

Origin

• Pelly + bay.
• Named after Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet, the governor of the British colony corporation, the Hudson's Bay Company, that operated the colony of Rupert's Land, that includes this body of water.