Croker River

Croker River
Mouth	Amundsen Gulf 69°07′31″N 119°30′07″W / 69.12535°N 119.50202°W / 69.12535; -119.50202 (Croker River)Coordinates: 69°07′31″N 119°30′07″W / 69.12535°N 119.50202°W / 69.12535; -119.50202 (Croker River)
Basin countries	Canada
Mouth elevation	Sea level

The Croker River is a waterway located above the Arctic Circle on the mainland of Northern Canada in western Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It is the largest river between Darnley Bay (in Northwest Territories) and Coronation Gulf that flows into Amundsen Gulf.^[1] The Croker averages 180 ft (55 m) in width.

It originates at Bluenose Lake then flows northward. It passes through a dolomite box canyon 5 mi (8.0 km) from the coast, before reaching a triangular shaped delta 24 km (15 mi) east of Clifton Point 69°13′N 118°40′W / 69.217°N 118.667°W / 69.217; -118.667 (Clifton Point (Croker River)), and then entering Amundsen Gulf's Dolphin and Union Strait.^[2]

Croker River is named after John Wilson Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty.^[3]

Croker River (PIN 1BG) is a former Distant Early Warning Line and a current North Warning System site.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Nunavut

References

1. ^ Bowman, Isaiah; G. M. Wrigley (1917). Geographical review. 4 (Digitized December 3, 2007 ed.). American Geographical Society. pp. 256. http://books.google.com/books?id=UjQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA264&lpg=PA264&dq=%22croker+river%22&source=bl&ots=nBCuYZvjKQ&sig=55bHrhf6ukbJjiKyJ5DBnGYIrTQ&hl=en&ei=aDu0SennE4KOsQOy3fl3&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA256,M1. 
2. ^ Hodgins, Bruce W.; Gwyneth Hoyle (1994). Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974. Dundurn Press Ltd.. pp. 168. ISBN 0920474934. http://books.google.com/books?id=eBn41p-P9lYC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=%22croker+river%22&source=bl&ots=XShvb0TmXj&sig=y-oieRs7u3XNqo-58eWp_Rf3TrU&hl=en&ei=yDu0SYS2FoKEsAPjgsl-&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result. 
3. ^ Taylor, Isaac (1898). Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. Rivingtons. pp. 101. http://books.google.com/books?id=vqgYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=%22croker+river%22&source=bl&ots=gFXrSHDbSi&sig=8iRNvCgEV9zBG0phsVP8amcKd3o&hl=en&ei=4Du0Sa6QIYG0sAPIqOhy&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result. 
4. ^ "Projects and Communities in the Database". ceaa-acee.gc.ca. http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12. Retrieved 2009-03-08.