Croker River Explained

Croker River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Territory
Subdivision Name2:Nunavut
Mouth Location:Amundsen Gulf
Mouth Coordinates:69.3°N -138°W
Mouth Elevation:Sea level

The Croker River is a waterway above the Arctic Circle on the mainland of Northern Canada in the western Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It is the largest river between Darnley Bay (in the Northwest Territories) and Coronation Gulf that flows into Amundsen Gulf.[1] The Croker averages in width.

It originates at Bluenose Lake then flows northward. It passes through a dolomite box canyon from the coast, before reaching a triangular shaped delta west of Clifton Point, and then entering Amundsen Gulf's Dolphin and Union Strait.[2]

Croker River is named after John Wilson Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty.[3]

Croker River (PIN 1BG) is a former Distant Early Warning Line and a current North Warning System site.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Bowman, Isaiah . G. M. Wrigley. Geographical review. American Geographical Society. 1917. Digitized December 3, 2007. 4. 256.
  2. Book: Hodgins, Bruce W. . Gwyneth Hoyle. Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 1994. 168. 0-920474-93-4.
  3. Book: Taylor, Isaac . Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. Rivingtons. 1898. 101. croker river..
  4. Web site: Projects and Communities in the Database. ceaa-acee.gc.ca. 2009-03-08. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617113839/http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12. 2011-06-17.