| Back River Great Fish River | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Back_River_(July_2006).jpg) Rock garden on the Back River in July 2006 | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Canada_Nunavut_location_map-lambert_proj3.svg)  Back River mouth location in Canada &sq=&lang=&file=File:Canada_relief_map_2.svg) Back River (Nunavut) (Canada) | |
| Etymology | Named after Sir George Back |
| Native name | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territories | Nunavut & Northwest Territories |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Unnamed lake |
| • location | North Slave Region, Northwest Territories |
| • coordinates | 64°43′38″N 108°02′08″W / 64.72722°N 108.03556°W[2] |
| • elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Mouth | Chantrey Inlet, Arctic Ocean |
• location | Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut |
• coordinates | 67°16′00″N 95°15′00″W / 67.26667°N 95.25000°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 974 km (605 mi) |
| Basin size | 106,500 km2 (41,100 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 612 m3/s (21,600 cu ft/s) |
| [3][4] | |
The Back River, formerly Backs River[5] (Dogrib: Thlewechodyeth,[6] Inuktitut: Haningayok,[7] or Great Fish River), is the 20th longest Canadian river and is located in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It rises at an unnamed lake in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories and flows more than 974 km (605 mi)[8] mostly through the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, to its mouth at the Arctic Ocean in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut.
- ^ "Back River mouth". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Back River source". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Back River)". Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ^ "Atlas of Canada Toporama". Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ^ Back River / Back River (Formerly Backs River)
- ^ Marsh, James. "Back River". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Historica Dominion Institute. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report. New York: The Trustees of the American Museum. p. 50. OCLC 13626409.
- ^ "Rivers Flowing Into the Arctic Ocean - Other Rivers". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2009-08-17. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2010-08-05.