On 2 September 2014, the wreck of , the flagship of the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin, was found in Wilmot and Crampton Bay by a Parks Canada underwater archaeological team. Following Erebus rediscovery, the Nunavut Field Unit of Parks Canada restricted access to a rectangular area of the bay, west of the peninsula and about northeast of O'Reilly Island, as part of the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site. The area runs from Point A () to Point B () to Point C () to Point D ().Restricted area and activities in The Wrecks Of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site Of Canada
