{{Short description|River in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox river | name = Ekalluk River | image = | image_caption = | source1_location = [[Tahiryuaq]] | mouth_location = [[Wellington Bay]]<br />[[Albert Edward Bay]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]] | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | source1_coordinates= {{coord|69|24|N|106|18|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody|notes=<ref name=loca>{{Cite cgndb|OAFAC|Ekalluk River}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Ekalluk River}} | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = Sea level | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} The '''Ekalluk River'''<ref name=loca/> (variations: ''Ekalluktok'', ''Ekaluktuuk'', ''Ekaluk'') is a river in the [[Kitikmeot Region]], [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. It is located in central through southeastern [[Victoria Island]]. Its source is [[Tahiryuaq]] (Ferguson Lake); it flows west to [[Wellington Bay]] and east to [[Albert Edward Bay]]. Nearby lakes include [[Keyhole Lake]], [[Kitigaq]], and [[Surrey Lake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5947271_Ekalluk+River.html#local_map |title=Ekalluk River |publisher=travelingluck.com}}</ref> The closest community is [[Cambridge Bay]].
The people of the Ekalluk River area are called [[Ekalluktogmiut]], a geographically defined [[Copper Inuit]] subgroup.
==Iqaluktuuq== {{Quote box | quote =''"There is a huge Arctic char run in the (Iqaluktuuq) river in August, and in fall, large caribou herds migrate southward across this river. Because of these resources, everyone who has ever lived there has been drawn to this one tiny area like a magnet. There is nothing like it for hundreds of kilometres."'' (Max Friesen, [[University of Toronto]] archaeologist, 2005) | source =<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.research.utoronto.ca/edge/winter2005/coverstory.html |title=Max Friesen: Unearthing 4,000 years of Arctic history |last=Fraumeni |first=Paul |journal=Edge Magazine |volume=6 |issue=1 |date=Winter 2005 }}</ref> | width =25% | align =right }} The short span of the Ekalluk River that flows west from Tahiryuaq into eastern Wellington Bay is named Iqaluktuuq ([[Inuinnaqtun]], meaning 'place of big fish').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/iqaluktuuq/04.htm |title=Iqaluktuuq – A Place of many Fish |publisher=nald.ca |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606032934/http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/iqaluktuuq/04.htm |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}</ref> Having been inhabited for the last 4,000 years by [[Tuniit]] and [[Inuit]], it is an important Nunavut archaeological area. The Iqaluktuuq is a source of [[Arctic char|char]]-fishing and [[Reindeer|caribou]]-hunting for local residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/research/iqaluktk/intro.htm |title=Iqaluktuuq Archaeology Project |first=Max |last=Friesen |publisher=kitikmeotheritage.ca |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214095503/http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/research/iqaluktk/intro.htm |archivedate=2009-02-14 }}</ref>
The people of Iqaluktuuq are called ''Iqaluktuurmiut''.
==See also== *[[List of rivers of Nunavut]]
==References== {{Reflist}} * Ekalluk River at [[Atlas of Canada]]
{{Nunavut}} {{Rivers of Nunavut}}
[[Category:Rivers of the Kitikmeot Region]] [[Category:Victoria Island (Canada)]] [[Category:Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region]]