Boas River

{{Infobox river | name = Boas River | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Canada | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Nunavut]] | source1_location = | mouth_location = Bay of Gods Mercy, Nunavut | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = |source1_coordinates={{coord|63|43|0|N|85|44|59|W|display=title,inline}}|pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut#Canada}} :''Boas River is also a name for the [[Çoruh River]] in northeast Anatolia.'' The '''Boas''' is a river on [[Southampton Island]] in [[Nunavut]], Canada. The river rises at {{coord|64|49|58|N|084|23|34|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-NU|name=Boas River (head)}} and its mouth is located at the [[Bay of Gods Mercy]]. Proceeding inland, the river becomes braided and is about {{convert|5|km}} wide.<ref name="iba">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU022|title=Boas River and associated wetlands|publisher=bsc-eoc.org|accessdate=2009-04-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612101319/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU022|archive-date=2011-06-12}}</ref>

It is named after [[Anthropology|anthropologist]] [[Franz Boas]].<ref name="Johnsgard">{{cite book|last=Johnsgard|first=Paul A. |author-link1=Paul Johnsgard |author2=Paul Geraghty|title=Song of the north wind: a story of the snow goose|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|date=1979|pages=[https://archive.org/details/songofnorthwinds0000john/page/10 10]|isbn=0-8032-7552-8|url=https://archive.org/details/songofnorthwinds0000john|url-access=registration|quote=franz boas boas river.}}</ref>

==Flora== There are rich sedge meadows in the river's {{convert|2|mi|abbr=on}}-wide delta area.<ref name="Auk">{{cite journal|last=Barry|first=Thomas W.|date=April 1956|title=Observations of a Nesting Colony of American Brant|journal=The Auk|publisher=unm.edu|volume=73|issue=2|pages=193–202|doi=10.2307/4081471|jstor=4081471|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Fauna== [[Bearded seal]], [[bowhead whale]], [[harbor seal]], [[narwhal]], [[polar bear]], [[ringed seal]], [[walrus]], and [[beluga (whale)|white whale]] frequent the area.<ref name="iba" />

Boas River and associated wetlands is a Canadian [[Important Bird Area]], site #NU022 ({{coord|63.75|-85.66|region:CA-NU_type:landmark_scale:100000|name=Bird Area #NU022 (Boas River)}}). The elevation varies from {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}} to {{convert|60|m|abbr=on}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]]. The IBA is {{convert|5402|km2|abbr=on}} in size. The [[Ikkattuaq Migratory Bird Sanctuary]] encompasses one third of the IBA's western portion.<ref name="iba" />

This is a notable breeding area for the [[snow goose|lesser snow goose]]. Other bird species include: [[American golden plover]], [[black-throated diver|Arctic loon]], Atlantic brant, [[Canada goose]], [[American herring gull|herring gull]], jaegers, [[king eider]], [[Lapland bunting|Lapland longspur]], [[oldsquaw]], [[red phalarope]], [[red-throated diver|red-throated loon]], [[Ross's goose]], [[Bewick's swan|tundra swan]], [[sandhill crane]], [[semipalmated plover]], [[semipalmated sandpiper]], and [[white-rumped sandpiper]].<ref name="iba" />

==History== The area was populated by [[Sadlermiut]] until the early 20th century when they were wiped out by an epidemic.<ref name="Johnsgard" />

==See also== *[[List of rivers of Nunavut]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rivers of the Kivalliq Region]] [[Category:Important Bird Areas of Kivalliq Region]]