Kaleet River

{{Short description|River in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Ref improve|date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} The '''Kaleet River''' is one of the lakes in Canada.<ref >{{cite journal | last=Alisauskas | first=Ray T. | last2=Boyd | first2=Hugh | title=Previously Unrecorded Colonies of Ross' and Lesser Snow Geese in the Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary | journal=Arctic| volume=47 | issue=1 | year=1994| jstor=40511531 | page=71}}</ref> It effectively starts north of Lower Macdougall Lake in the [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada just east of Joe Lake, {{coord|66|16|31|N|098|20|13|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-NU|name=Joe Lake (Kaleet River)}}. It is a small, silty river constituting the eastern boundary of the [[Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary]]. It is a main feeder river to [[Sherman Basin]], {{coord|67|46|59|N|097|34|59|W|type:waterbody_scale:500000_region:CA-NU|name=Sherman Basin (Kaleet River)}}, at its final outlet. There is evidence of earlier [[Inuit]] presence in the form of ''[[Inukshuk|inuksuit]]''. There is also evidence of a more modern presence in the form of cairns. There is at least one cabin on the north side of the Kaleet, as it widens entering Sherman Basin.

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

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==External links== {{GeoGroupTemplate}} *[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=67.6667000001&long=-97.1832999997&mapxy=-114977.355982+1961883.6197&scale=5000000&feature_na=Kaleet+River&location1=62&unique_key=4747b94bd05511d892e2080020a0f4c9&searchstring=Kaleet%20River&entity=RIV&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D4747b94bd05511d892e2080020a0f4c9%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-89939.4611899+2034995.60954+END+TEXT+%22Kaleet%2BRiver%22+END%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom46%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-89939.4611899+2034995.60954+END+TEXT+%22Kaleet%2BRiver%22+END%26map.layer%5Dlineresultzoom0%5B%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Dlineresultzoom1%5B%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Dlineresultzoom2%5B%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Darrowzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-89939.4611899+2034995.60954+END+END Kaleet River] at the [[Atlas of Canada]]

{{coord|67|40|00|N|097|10|59|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-NU|display=title|name=Kaleet River (mouth)}}

[[Category:Rivers of the Kitikmeot Region]]