Koukdjuak River

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.

Koukdjuak River
Location
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
Physical characteristics
SourceNettilling Lake
  locationSouthern Baffin Island
  coordinates66°34′48″N 71°21′23″W
  elevation28 m (92 ft)
MouthFoxe Basin
  coordinates
66°44′30″N 73°03′21″W
  elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Length80 km (50 mi)
Basin size66,542.8 km2 (25,692.3 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationNear mouth
  average(Period: 1971–2000)689.2 m3/s (24,340 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemKoukdjuak River

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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