Back River

Back River ( Dogrib: Thlewechodyeth or Thlew -ee- choh - desseth - " Great Fish River," Inuktitut: Haningayok ) is a river in the Canadian territory of Nunavut and Canada's Northwest Territories.

The river rises north of Aylmer Lake and flows according to a flow path of more than 900 km northeast in a bay of the Arctic Ocean, the Chantrey Inlet in the south of King William Island and Gjoa Haven. Due to numerous rapids it can be used only by experienced canoeists. It flows through, inter alia, following lakes: Beechey Lake, Pelly Lake, Upper Garry Lake, Garry Lake, Lower Garry Lake, Upper Lake Macdougall, Macdougall Lower Lake. Immediately prior to its confluence with the Chantrey Inlet meets the Hayes River from the east to the Back River.

History

The basin of the Back River and its tributaries were the traditional tribal areas of the Haningayogmiut (also Hanningajurmiut or Hanningajulinmiut - "the people of the place did read across" ), Kaernermiut (also Kainermiut ) and the south of the Copper Inuit living Ahiagmiut. The north of the Haningayogmiut living Utkusiksalinmiut (also Utkuhiksalingmiut - "people who have cooking pots ") of the Caribou Inuit designated as former Ualininmiut ( "people from the area End of month the sun east to west follows "). In addition, a further group of the Caribou Inuit, the Hanningajurmiut (also Hanningaruqmiut or Hanningajulinmiut ) lived in the region, however, are not to be confused with the almost same Copper Inuit group. The northern and northeastern border of the tribal territory of the enemy Yellowknife (or T'atsaot'ine ) was also determined by the Back River and Thelon River.

The first known exploration of the Back River by Europeans was in 1834 by the British navigator Sir George Back, and then again in 1856 by James Anderson, a Faktoristen the Hudson 's Bay Company.