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Porcupine River

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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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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

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

That’s five hundred miles, just along the Arctic Circle, and in that five hundred miles we go from Canadian into American territory—at Rampart House, on the Porcupine River.

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

In 1869, on the abandonment of Fort Yukon, the Hudson's Bay Company built Rampart House, on the Porcupine River, close to the international boundary.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

From thence it crossed to Summit, La Pierre House, and down the Porcupine River to its junction with the Yukon River.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

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