title: Port Leopold
text: # Port Leopold
  
  The locality Port Leopold is an abandoned trading post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It faces Prince Regent Inlet at the northeast tip of Somerset Island.
  
  Elwin Bay is to the south, while Prince Leopold Island is to the north.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1848, the English explorer James Clark Ross wintered here during his search for the missing Franklin expedition.
  
  Later, it became the site of a Hudson's Bay Company trading post.
  
  