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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Cornwallis Island is an Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, adjacent to the Northwest Passage. The community of Resolute Bay is on Cornwallis Island.

Near the townsite there was a rocket launching site, for the launch of scientific rockets to explore the upper atmosphere and aurora borealis.