Coppermine

[ kop-er-mahyn ]

noun

1. a river in N Canada, in the central Northwest Territories, flowing N to the Arctic Ocean. 525 miles (845 km) long.

Example Sentences

Finally, on the 13th July, 1771, he reached the Coppermine River.

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The object of Dr. Richardson's party was to examine the intermediate coast between the Mackenzie and the coppermine rivers.

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They had been on their way 186 down the Coppermine when they, too, had been overtaken in the fog.

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This we decided to take with us, and it proved extremely useful later on in crossing the Coppermine.

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The coast to the eastward of the Coppermine River is high and dry, and far less encumbered with ice.

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