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From Repulse Bay to Chesterfield Inlet runs a sledge-route that is now used every year by the mail sledges, but which was of importance earlier as a trading route. From Beach Point it follows the coast southwards to Wager Bay; in order to cross this bay, the greater part of which is open in winter, the traveller must proceed along the north shore until the narrowest place has been passed, then to the south-east across a number of valleys and lakes till the coast is reached south of Nuvuk; from there along the coast to Fullerton, across the bay to Depot Island and on along the coast to the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet. From Repulse Bay to Iglulik the route usually followed is: eastwards to Haviland Bay, along the river Kûgârssuk. over several lakes to the head of Gore Bay, over a narrow isthmus to the mountain Kingâbik in Lyon Inlet, near its mouth, along the coast northwards to Pitorqaq at Cape Wilson (but travelling overland past Pt. Elizabeth). From there overland via a rather winding course to Usugarssuk, on to Ipiutaq, the isthmus of Amitsoq peninsula, Ingnertoq, over Halls Lake to Pingerqalik and Iglulik. Another route, which was used by Hall in 1866 and 1868, runs from Haviland Bay over several lakes to Ross Bay in Lyon Inlet, proceeding overland past the mountain Pinguarssuk to Usugarssuk river, which is followed as far as the coast. From Repulse Bay another important route runs over the lakes of Rae Isthmus to Committee Bay.

The most common routes from Iglulik to northern Baffin Land are: Through Gifford Fjord over Asta's Lake to Saputit, the head of Admiralty Inlet; from Nyeboe's Fjord over the lakes Ivisarortoq and Saputit to the head of Admiralty Inlet; this latter route, which Lavoie^[1] travelled in 1910–11, starts, he says, from Whyte Inlet, a consequence of the mistake he made in believing that it was Autridge Bay and not Aggo Bay he came to.

To Ponds Inlet the route is: Through Murray Maxwell Bay, over the lake Angmalortoq to the head of Steensby's Fjord, from there over Taserssuaq and along the river Phillips Creek to the head of Milne Inlet. Another route runs from Isortoq, the fjord east of Steensby Fjord, to the fjord Anaularealing over a number of valleys and lakes. From Ponds Inlet the sledge route leads along the coast southeast to River Clyde and Home Bay. From Admiralty Inlet communication with Ponds Inlet proceeds round C. Charles York; the passage from the head of Adams Sound to Navy Board Inlet can only be made on foot.