Kugaryuak River
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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 (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and the Eastern Kugaryuak (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and flows into Coronation Gulf.[1]
Arctic charr abound in the Kugaryuak.
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History
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]
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- Photo, strandplain near the mouth of the river
- Photo, raised marine delta along the river
- Photo, bedrock gorge and marine beach plain, near the river
- Photo, delta at the river
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