Copperneedle River

{{Infobox river | name = Copperneedle River | image = | image_caption = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Nunavut]] | source1_location = | mouth_location = Northwestern [[Hudson Bay]] | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} The '''Copperneedle River'''<ref name="travelingluck">{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5927638_Copperneedle+River.html#local_map|title=Copperneedle River, Nunavut, Canada|publisher=travelingluck.com|accessdate=2008-12-03}}</ref> originates within the northern Hearne Domain, Western Churchill province of the [[Churchill craton]], the northwest section of the [[Canadian Shield]] in [[Nunavut]]'s [[Kivalliq Region]].<ref name="geoscience">{{cite web|url=http://www.nunavutgeoscience.ca/apps/ref/showRprt.php?rId=&drNbr=69-51&sId=055LSE0010|title=East of Copperneedle River|publisher=nunavutgeoscience.ca|accessdate=2008-12-03}}</ref> There are rapids along the river, approximately {{convert|15|km|abbr=on}} from Hudson Bay's Dawson Inlet.

Copperneedle River is populated with [[Arctic char]].<ref name="gc">{{cite web |title=CSAS Stock Status Reports |url=http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas/Csas/Process-Processus/PubGuide/Templates/SSR_NUM_E.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051046/http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas/Csas/Process-Processus/PubGuide/Templates/SSR_NUM_E.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |accessdate=2008-12-03 |publisher=gc.ca |pages=10}}</ref> The portion of the river near Southern Lake is part of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq [[caribou]] range.<ref name="arctic">{{cite web|url=http://www.arctic-caribou.com/parttwo/wcsites.html|title=PROTECTING BEVERLY AND QAMANIRJUAQ CARIBOU AND CARIBOU RANGE Water and Ice Crossings|publisher=arctic-caribou.com|accessdate=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117022658/http://www.arctic-caribou.com/parttwo/wcsites.html|archive-date=2013-01-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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

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[[Category:Rivers of the Kivalliq Region]] [[Category:Tributaries of Hudson Bay]]