# Croker River > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Croker_River > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Croker_River.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croker_River > Source revision: 1334841806 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) River in Nunavut, Canada Croker River Location Country Canada Territory Nunavut Physical characteristics Mouth • location Amundsen Gulf • coordinates 69°18′N 119°19′W / 69.300°N 119.317°W / 69.300; -119.317 (Croker River)[1] • elevation Sea level The **Croker River** is a [waterway](/source/Waterway) above the [Arctic Circle](/source/Arctic_Circle) on the mainland of [Northern Canada](/source/Northern_Canada) in the western [Kitikmeot Region](/source/Kitikmeot_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut). It is the largest river between [Darnley Bay](/source/Darnley_Bay) (in the [Northwest Territories](/source/Northwest_Territories)) and [Coronation Gulf](/source/Coronation_Gulf) that flows into [Amundsen Gulf](/source/Amundsen_Gulf).[2] The Croker averages 55 m (180 ft) in width. It originates at [Bluenose Lake](/source/Bluenose_Lake) then flows northward. It passes through a [dolomite](/source/Dolomite_(rock)) [box canyon](/source/Box_canyon) 8.0 km (5 mi) from the coast, before reaching a triangular shaped delta 24 km (15 mi) west of Clifton Point [69°13′N 118°38′W / 69.217°N 118.633°W / 69.217; -118.633 (Clifton Point (Croker River))](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Croker_River¶ms=69_13_N_118_38_W_region:CA-NU_type:landmark_scale:100000&title=Clifton+Point+%28Croker+River%29)[3], and then entering Amundsen Gulf's [Dolphin and Union Strait](/source/Dolphin_and_Union_Strait).[4] Croker River is named after [John Wilson Croker](/source/John_Wilson_Croker), [Secretary to the Admiralty](/source/Secretary_to_the_Admiralty).[5] Croker River (PIN 1BG) is a former [Distant Early Warning Line](/source/Distant_Early_Warning_Line) and a current [North Warning System](/source/North_Warning_System) site.[6] ## See also - [List of rivers of Nunavut](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Nunavut) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Croker River"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OADYH). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bowman, Isaiah; G. M. Wrigley (1917). [*Geographical review*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UjQSAAAAYAAJ&q=%22croker+river%22&pg=PA264). Vol. 4 (Digitized December 3, 2007 ed.). American Geographical Society. p. 256. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Clifton Point"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OADNS). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hodgins_4-0)** Hodgins, Bruce W.; Gwyneth Hoyle (1994). [*Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974*](https://books.google.com/books?id=eBn41p-P9lYC&q=%22croker+river%22&pg=PA168). Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 168. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-920474-93-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-920474-93-4). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Taylor_5-0)** Taylor, Isaac (1898). [*Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature*](https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog). Rivingtons. pp. [101](https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog/page/n115). croker river. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ceaa_6-0)** ["Projects and Communities in the Database"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110617113839/http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12). ceaa-acee.gc.ca. Archived from [the original](http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12) on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-03-08. v t e Rivers of Nunavut Kitikmeot Region Asiak Back Bloody Burnside Castor and Pollux Coppermine Croker Ekalluk Hargrave Hayes Hood Hoppner Hornaday Horton Kagloryuak Kaleet Kugaryuak Kuunajuk Mara Nanook Napaaktoktok Perry Rae Richardson Roscoe Tree Kivalliq Region Back Boas Copperneedle Ferguson Hayes Kazan Kunwak Maguse McConnell Thelon Thlewiaza Qikiqtaaluk Region Bacon Clyde Kilutea Kuugaaluk Koukdjuak Mary Ruggles Soper Turnabout Wolf Canada portal Rivers portal v t e Subdivisions of Nunavut Regions Kitikmeot (Unorganized) Kivalliq (Unorganized) Qikiqtaaluk (Unorganized) Electoral districts Federal Nunavut Territorial Aggu Aivilik Amittuq Arviat North-Whale Cove Arviat South Baker Lake Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven Hudson Bay Iqaluit-Manirajak Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Iqaluit-Sinaa Iqaluit-Tasiluk Kugluktuk Netsilik Pangnirtung Quttiktuq Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet South South Baffin Tununiq Uqqummiut Communities Arctic Bay Arviat Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coral Harbour Gjoa Haven Grise Fiord Igloolik Iqaluit Apex Kimmirut Kinngait Kugaaruk Kugluktuk Naujaat Pangnirtung Pond Inlet Qikiqtarjuaq Rankin Inlet Resolute Sanikiluaq Sanirajak Taloyoak Whale Cove Weather stations and Canadian Armed Forces bases Alert CFS Alert Ennadai Eureka Isachsen Nanisivik Naval Facility Mine sites Operating Baffinland Iron Mine Doris North Meadowbank Gold Mine Defunct Bent Horn Mine Cullaton Lake/Shear Lake Mine Jericho Diamond Mine Lupin Mine Nanisivik Mine Polaris mine Rankin Inlet Mine DEW line and NWS sites Bernard Harbour Bray Island Brevoort Island Broughton Island Byron Bay Cambridge Bay Cape Dyer Cape Hooper Cape Mcloughlin Cape Mercy Cape Peel West Cape Young Clifton Point Clinton Point Croker River Dewar Lakes Durban Island Edinburgh Island Ekalugad Gjoa Haven Gladman Point Harding River Hat Island Kangok Fjord Keats Point Keith Bay Kivitoo Lady Franklin Point Lailor River Loks Land Longstaff Bluff Mackar Inlet Matheson Point Nudluardjuk Lake Pelly Bay Qikiqtaryuaq Resolution Island Ross Point Rowley Island Sanirajak Scarpa Lake Shepherd Bay Simpson Lake Sturt Point Former Amadjuak Brooman Point Village Craig Harbour Dundas Harbour Iglunga Killiniq Nanisivik Native Point Nuwata Padlei Port Leopold Tavani Hudson's Bay Company trading posts Amadjuak Apex Arctic Bay Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Bay Chimo Belcher Islands Blacklead Island Cambridge Bay Cape Dorset Charlton Island Depot Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coats Island Dundas Harbour Eskimo Point Fort Hearne Fort Ross Frobisher Bay Gjoa Haven Igloolik Kent Peninsula King William Island Kugaryuak Lake Harbour Mansel Island Nueltin House Padley Pangnirtung Pangnirtung Fox Farm Perry River Ponds Inlet Port Burwell Port Leopold Repulse Bay Southampton Island Tavane Tree River Wager Inlet This Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut location article is a stub. 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