Back River (Nunavut)

Back River Great Fish River
Rock garden on the Back River in July 2006
Back River mouth location in Canada Show map of Nunavut Back River (Nunavut) (Canada) Show map of Canada
Etymology	Named after Sir George Back
Native name	Thlewechodyeth (Tlicho) Haningayok (Inuktitut)
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 / 64.72722; -108.03556[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 / 67.26667; -95.25000[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)
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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.