Overview of the surficial geology map compilation, RapidEye land-cover mapping and permafrost studies for infrastructure in the western Hudson Bay area, Nunavut T. Tremblay1, M.S. Kendall2, A.-M. LeBlanc3, N. Short3, O. Bellehumeur-Génier3, G.A. Oldenborger3, P. Budkewitsch4 and D.J. Mate5 1Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, Iqaluit, Nunavut,
[email protected] 2Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador 3Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 4Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Iqaluit, Nunavut 5Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Iqaluit, Nunavut Tremblay, T., Kendall, M.S., LeBlanc, A.-M., Short, N., Bellehumeur-Génier, O., Oldenborger, G.A., Budkewitsch, P. and Mate, D.J. 2015: Overview of the surficial geology map compilation, RapidEye land-cover mapping and permafrost studies for infrastructure in the western Hudson Bay area, Nunavut; in Summary of Activities 2015, Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, p. 145–160. Abstract The Western Hudson Bay project is a Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office–led geoscience project collecting and compiling geoscience data for infrastructure. Significant new infrastructure is being considered in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut, in- cluding a proposed Manitoba-Nunavut road corridor, in order to support natural resource and community development. Western Hudson Bay lies in the continuous permafrost zone, where 90–100 % of the ground surface is underlain by perma- frost. Alack of compiled regional