Wager Bay was first charted by Christopher Middleton during his Arctic explorations of 1742.

[3] He named it after Sir Charles Wager and was trapped in the bay for three weeks until the ice cleared in Roes Welcome Sound.

In 1747, William Moor sent boat parties to the head of the bay.

The bay is a long inlet stretching through tundra; its shoreline measures 150 km (93 mi) in length.

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