Porcupine River
Americannoun
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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
Built by Alexander Hunter Murray of the Hudson's Bay Company, at the mouth of Porcupine River in 1847.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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
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 Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
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