# Ruggles River

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River in Canada

Ruggles River Location of mouth Location Country Canada Territory Nunavut Physical characteristics Source Lake Hazen • location Ellesmere Island Mouth Lady Franklin Bay

The **Ruggles River** is a waterway in [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), [Canada](/source/Canada). It is located within [Ellesmere Island](/source/Ellesmere_Island)'s [Quttinirpaaq National Park](/source/Quttinirpaaq_National_Park). The Ruggles River flows southeast to [Chandler Fiord](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chandler_Fiord&action=edit&redlink=1) and out to [Lady Franklin Bay](/source/Lady_Franklin_Bay).

It is the most high-latitude of the known rivers, whose watercourse persists throughout the year without drying out or freezing of the channel in winter. The inflow of water in winter is provided by [Lake Hazen](/source/Lake_Hazen), in the middle part of which its source is located.[1] But during exceptionally cold years, the Ruggles River can freeze to the bottom in winter due to the low level of the lake.

The river drops 157 m (515 ft) in elevation between its source and its mouth. At less than 1.5 m (4.9 ft) deep, it is quite shallow.[2] It is populated by [Arctic char](/source/Arctic_char).[2]

## History

In 1958, a 13th-century winter house was excavated along the Ruggles River.[3]

## See also

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Clark_1-0)** Clark, Douglas (2000-09-07). ["Assessing the Health of the Lake Hazen Ecosystem, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928122702/http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/reports/publications/nm97_hazen/intro.html). *eman-rese.ca*. Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Babaluk_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Babaluk_2-1) Babaluk, J.A.; H.R. Wissink; B.G. Troke; D.A. Clark; J.D. Johnson (December 2001). ["Summer Movements of Radio-Tagged Arctic Charr {*Salvelinus alpinus*} in Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada"](http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic54-4-418.pdf) (PDF). *Arctoc*. **54** (4). aina.ucalgary.ca: 419.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Nabokov_3-0)** Nabokov, Peter; Robert Easton (1989). [*Native American architecture*](https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanar0000nabo). Oxford University Press. pp. [191](https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanar0000nabo/page/191). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-503781-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-503781-2). ruggles.

[81°42′07″N 69°17′35″W / 81.702°N 69.293°W / 81.702; -69.293 (Ruggles River)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ruggles_River&params=81.702_N_69.293_W_type:waterbody_region:CA-NU&title=Ruggles+River)

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