# Ekalluk River

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River in Nunavut, Canada

Ekalluk River Show map of Nunavut Show map of Canada Location Country Canada Physical characteristics Source • location Tahiryuaq • coordinates 69°24′N 106°18′W / 69.400°N 106.300°W / 69.400; -106.300 (Ekalluk River)[1] Mouth • location Wellington Bay Albert Edward Bay • elevation Sea level

The **Ekalluk River**[1] (variations: *Ekalluktok*, *Ekaluktuuk*, *Ekaluk*) is a river in the [Kitikmeot Region](/source/Kitikmeot_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), [Canada](/source/Canada). It is located in central through southeastern [Victoria Island](/source/Victoria_Island). Its source is [Tahiryuaq](/source/Tahiryuaq) (Ferguson Lake); it flows west to [Wellington Bay](/source/Wellington_Bay) and east to [Albert Edward Bay](/source/Albert_Edward_Bay). Nearby lakes include [Keyhole Lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keyhole_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1), [Kitigaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitigaq&action=edit&redlink=1), and [Surrey Lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surrey_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1).[2] The closest community is [Cambridge Bay](/source/Cambridge_Bay).

The people of the Ekalluk River area are called [Ekalluktogmiut](/source/Ekalluktogmiut), a geographically defined [Copper Inuit](/source/Copper_Inuit) subgroup.

## Iqaluktuuq

*"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](/source/University_of_Toronto) archaeologist, 2005)

— [3]

The short span of the Ekalluk River that flows west from Tahiryuaq into eastern Wellington Bay is named Iqaluktuuq ([Inuinnaqtun](/source/Inuinnaqtun), meaning 'place of big fish').[4] Having been inhabited for the last 4,000 years by [Tuniit](/source/Tuniit) and [Inuit](/source/Inuit), it is an important Nunavut archaeological area. The Iqaluktuuq is a source of [char](/source/Arctic_char)-fishing and [caribou](/source/Reindeer)-hunting for local residents.[5]

The people of Iqaluktuuq are called *Iqaluktuurmiut*.

## See also

- [List of rivers of Nunavut](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Nunavut)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-loca_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-loca_1-1) ["Ekalluk River"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAFAC). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ekalluk River"](http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5947271_Ekalluk+River.html#local_map). travelingluck.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Fraumeni, Paul (Winter 2005). ["Max Friesen: Unearthing 4,000 years of Arctic history"](http://www.research.utoronto.ca/edge/winter2005/coverstory.html). *Edge Magazine*. **6** (1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Iqaluktuuq – A Place of many Fish"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110606032934/http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/iqaluktuuq/04.htm). nald.ca. Archived from [the original](http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/iqaluktuuq/04.htm) on 2011-06-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Friesen, Max. ["Iqaluktuuq Archaeology Project"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090214095503/http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/research/iqaluktk/intro.htm). kitikmeotheritage.ca. Archived from [the original](http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/research/iqaluktk/intro.htm) on 2009-02-14.

- Ekalluk River at [Atlas of Canada](/source/Atlas_of_Canada)

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