Banks Island

American  

noun

1. an island in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada. 24,600 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km).

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Banks Island British  

noun

1. an island of N Canada, in the Northwest Territories: the westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. Area: about 67 340 sq km (26 000 sq miles)

2. an island of W Canada, off British Columbia. Length: about 72 km (45 miles)

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Example Sentences

Before coming to Grass Valley, Mossman was the president and chief executive of a company called Banks Island Gold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Within a few years, musk oxen started mysteriously dropping dead on Victoria Island and neighbouring Banks Island.

From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017

In 2002 a winter rain-on-snow event on Canada’s Banks Island encased the ground in ice and prevented muskoxen from reaching their food supply.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2017

They thus proved what the Canadian Government had contended was unlikely�that Eskimos never passed north of Banks Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Noon we were in the Latitude of 44 degrees 7 minutes South; the South point of Banks Island bore North, distant 5 Leagues.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James