Koukdjuak River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Koukdjuak River |
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| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Nettilling Lake Southern Baffin Island 92 ft (28 m) 66°34′48″N 71°21′23″W / 66.58000°N 71.35639°W |
| River mouth | Foxe Basin 0 ft (0 m) 66°44′30″N 73°03′21″W / 66.74167°N 73.05583°W |
The Koukdjuak River begins at the outlet 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.
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