Leyson Point

Leyson Point forms the southeastern tip of Southampton Island, facing the waters where Hudson Bay meets Hudson Strait. Across the passage to the southeast lies the northwestern end of the Ungava Peninsula. Inuit travelled and hunted around Leyson Point and the nearby coast of the island during the fur-trade era. Walrus use the sea ice along Southampton's southern and eastern shores, and the shifting ice shapes movement through the passage between the island and the mainland.