Porcupine River

American  

noun

1. a river in NW Yukon Territory, Canada and NE Alaska, flowing N and W to the Yukon River. 448 miles (721 km) long.

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Porcupine River

Relying on genetic testing and genealogy research, state troopers in Alaska confirmed that a skull found by the Porcupine River in 1997 was that of Mr. Sotherden.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

Their parents hired a mountain guide, who searched for Gary Sotherden by canoeing up the Porcupine River in 1977.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

This imaginary line on the earth's surface, as is indicated on the accompanying maps, crosses Canada to the north of Hudson Bay, and passes through Alaska near where the Porcupine River joins the Yukon.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

Three miles from Fort Yukon we crossed the Porcupine River and then plunged into the wilderness of lake and swamp and forest that stretches north of the Yukon.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Hudson Stuck

May, 1805.—We reached the mouth of a river flowing from the north, which, from the unusual number of porcupines near it, we called Porcupine River.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch