Soper River

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Soper River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | nickname =  | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt =  | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Canada | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt =  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type2 = Territory | subdivision_name2 = [[Nunavut]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates=  | source1_elevation = | mouth = | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates =  | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Soper River''' ([[Inuktitut]]: '''{{lang|iu|Kuujuaq}}''',{{Pronunciation-needed}} meaning "the great river") ({{coord|62.9|N|69.85|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-NU|display=inline,title|name=Soper River}}) is a waterway on [[Baffin Island]], [[Nunavut]]. The river flows over {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}} and then empties into [[Soper Lake]] and [[Pleasant Inlet]]. The Soper River was designated a [[Canadian Heritage River]] in 1992.<ref>[http://www.chrs.ca/Rivers/Soper/Soper-F_e.php Canadian Heritage Rivers System]</ref>

==Research== The Soper River region's [[plant]]s have not been studied or inventoried since the 1920s.<ref name="CTV">[http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20120623/canadian-botanists-baffin-island-study-120623/ CTV: Canadian botanists, embark on old-school Baffin study]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="BRV">[http://www.businessreviewcanada.ca/press_releases/canadian-museum-of-nature-leads-botanical-expedition-to-nunavut Canadian Museum of Nature Leads Botanical Expedition to Nunavut]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In June 2012 four [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[botanist]]s from the [[Canadian Museum of Nature#National Herbarium of Canada|National Herbarium of Canada]] travelled to the Soper River region to assess the region's botanical biodiversity by collecting samples and cataloguing the plant specimens.<ref name="CTV" /><ref name="BRV" /> The expedition was part of a five-year project to record [[Arctic]] [[flora]] and improve the [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of the [[Arctic ecology]].<ref name="BRV" /><ref>[http://nature.ca/en/about-us/museum-news/news/five-year-project-record-arctics-botanical-bounty Five-Year Project to Record Arctic's Botanical Bounty]</ref>

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rivers of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Canadian Heritage Rivers]] [[Category:Bodies of water of Baffin Island]]