Koukdjuak River

Koukdjuak River

Infobox River
river_name = Koukdjuak River


caption =
origin =Nettilling Lake
mouth = Foxe Basin
basin_countries = Canada
length = 50 mi/80 km long
elevation =
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discharge =
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The Koukdjuak River is formed at the mouth of Nettilling Lake and empties into the Arctic Ocean. It is the namesake of the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak located in the Foxe Basin on western Baffin Island, Nunavut (formerly Northwest Territories), northern Canada.

The first non-Inuit who specifically explored the river was the Canadian Arctic explorer/ornithologist, J. Dewey Soper. The northern boundary of the Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary is the middle thread of the Koukdjuak River. The river is also notable as a Barren-ground caribou migration crossing and for Arctic charr fishing. [cite web |url=http://www.canlii.org/ca/regu/crc1036/part144393.html |title=Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations |publisher=canlii.org |accessdate=2008-01-21]

The river's coordinates are:Northern limit 67.0000ºN Southern limit 66.0000ºN Western limit 74.0000ºW Eastern limit 72.0000ºW

References

Further reading

* Kraft, Paul G. "Caribou Tagging on the Koukdjuak River, Baffin Island, N.W.T. A Summary and Analysis of Tag Returns". Yellowknife: N.W.T. Wildlife Service, 1984. ISBN 0770871402
* Kristofferson, A. H., R. D. Sopuck, and D. K. McGowan. "Commercial Fishing Potential for Searun Arctic Charr, Koukdjuak River and Nettilling Lake, Northwest Territories". Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, no. 2120. Winnipeg: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 1991.

External links

* [http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/canada/map/m801706/koukdjuak_river.html Map]


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