Proper noun
A bay at the southern end of Baffin Island, Canada.
The former name of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, Canada.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAfter 1959, the Canadian government established permanent services at Frobisher Bay, including full-time doctors, a school and social services. Source: Internet
A little farther, across Frobisher Bay, are the Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve and the Soper Heritage River Park forming a park corridor linking Iqaluit along traditional overland travel routes with Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour). Source: Internet
Long regarded as a campsite and fishing spot by the Inuit, the place chosen had traditionally been named Iqaluit "place of many fish" in Inuktitut but Canadian and American authorities named it Frobisher Bay, after the name of the body of water it abuts. Source: Internet
Until 1987, the city was known as Frobisher Bay, after the large bay on the coast of which the city is situated. Source: Internet