| Kugaryuak River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nunavut |
| 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 (67.7667°N -139°W) and the Eastern Kugaryuak (67.7167°N -130°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]