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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 (67°46′N 114°25′W) and the Eastern Kugaryuak (67°43′N 113°17′W) and flows into Coronation Gulf.
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Map of Kugaryuak River, Kitikmeot, Unorganized, NU, Canada
Arctic charr abound in the Kugaryuak.
History
In 1928, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post was moved to Kugaryuak (Post Number: B.429) from Tree River.
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.
References
Kugaryuak River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA