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Coppermine

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Coppermine, river, 525 mi (845 km) long, rising in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada, and winding northwest to enter the Arctic Ocean at Coronation Gulf in Nunavut Territory. Kugluktuk, formerly Coppermine, a trading post, is at its mouth.
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Coppermine 

a river in northern Canada. Length, approximately 840 km.

The Coppermine rises in Lake de Gras, flows north through tundra, and falls into Coronation Gulf of the Arctic Ocean. The channel forms a number of broad lakelike areas (Point Lake), rapids, and waterfalls. The Coppermine is fed primarily by snow; floods occur in spring and summer, and the river is covered with ice for six months of the year. The settlement of Coppermine is located at the mouth.



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This stream in which he stood was a feeder to the Coppermine River, which in turn flowed north and emptied into Coronation Gulf and the Arctic Ocean.
 
 
 
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