Kugaryuak River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Territory | Nunavut |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Coronation Gulf |
The Kugaryuak River is located in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut in the southwest Kitikmeot Region. It forks into two entities, the Western Kugaryuak ( 67°46′N 114°25′W / 67.767°N 114.417°W) and the Eastern Kugaryuak ( 67°43′N 113°17′W / 67.717°N 113.283°W) and flows into Coronation Gulf. [1]
Arctic charr abound in the Kugaryuak.
In 1928, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post was moved to Kugaryuak (Post Number: B.429) from Tree River. [2] [3]
The Kugaryuagmiut were a Copper Inuit subgroup that lived along the shores of the Kugaryuak. In 1990, three archaeological sites of tent rings were found along the Kugaryuak from precontact Inuit period. [4]
67°42′N 113°18′W / 67.700°N 113.300°W