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	Porcupine, river, Canada
		Porcupine, river, 448 mi (721 km) long, rising in the Ogilvie Mts., NW Yukon Territory, Canada.
		It flows in a great arc NE through the Eagle Plain, then W into Alaska and to the Yukon River (of which it is a main tributary) at Fort Yukon.
		The river was explored (1842) by John Bell, a chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0839732.html (62 words)

	Mackenzie River husky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Mackenzie River husky describes several overlapping local populations of arctic and subarctic sleddogs, none of which constitutes a breed.
		Dogs from Old Crow, Fort McPherson, Arctic Red River, Porcupine River, Hay River and Mackenzie River regions, although distinguished by locals, were collectively termed “Mackenzie River” dogs by outsiders; crosses of these local freighting huskies with large European breeds such as St.
		Some reference sources describe the Mackenzie River husky as a dog, used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, consisting of a mix of Inuit (Eskimo) dog, large European breeds, and wolf ancestry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mackenzie_River_husky (298 words)

	Porcupine River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Porcupine River is a river in Alaska and in the Yukon.
		Having its source in the Ogilvie Mountains north of Dawson City, Yukon, it flows north, veers to the southwest, goes through the community of Old Crow, Yukon, flowing into the Yukon River at Fort Yukon, Alaska.
		The Porcupine caribou herd, considered by many to be threatened by oil-drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska, gets its name from the river.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Porcupine_River (167 words)

	Porcupine River Canoe Expedition
		The Eagle River is a relatively slow moving river with muddy banks that flows into the Bell River.
		The Porcupine is one of the largest tributaries of the Yukon River and a historically important travel route.
		Single-channeled and clear-flowing, this mostly flatwater river flows through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge past beautiful steep-walled canyons, rolling hills, and cliffs before meandering across the vast wetland basin of the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge to its confluence with the Yukon River.
	www.wildernessinquiry.org /porcupineriver/areainfo.shtml (778 words)

	Auke Bay Lab quarterly research reports for Oct-Dec 1998 for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sheenjek River fish were the primary component of the Porcupine River returns, with 123 (26%) fish returning to this area.
		Nine fish were tracked to the Black River, 9 fish to the U.S. section of the drainage, and 36 (8%) fish to the Canadian section, including 14 fish that traveled to the Fishing Branch River.
		Fish traveling to the Yukon River main stem were encountered later in the season, comprising 7%-8% of the sample during the first 2 weeks of the study and 20%-23% of the sample during the last 2 weeks.
	www.afsc.noaa.gov /Quarterly/ond98/divrptsABL.htm (4040 words)

	Yukon River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Yukon River is a watercourse of northern (A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama) North America.
		The generally accepted source of the Yukon River is the Llewellyn Glacier at the southern end of Atlin Lake in (A province in western Canada) British Columbia.
		The upper end of the Yukon river was originally known as the Lewes River until it was established that it actually was the Yukon.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yu/yukon_river.htm (613 words)

	Yukon
		The river is incised in the Yukon Plateau; marshy land borders much of its upper course.
		On the river's banks are fur-trading posts, missions, native villages, and towns with modern airports serving vast areas.
		Porcupine, river, Canada - Porcupine, river, 448 mi (721 km) long, rising in the Ogilvie Mts., NW Yukon Territory, Canada.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0853192.html (365 words)

	Black River -- Alaska waterways
		We paddled and drifted approximately 210 river miles on the Black and a portion of the Porcupine River.
		The take-out point was the mouth of the Sucker River on the Porcupine, near Ft. Yukon.
		The portion of the Black River floated by the inspection team can be described in three distinct segments; from Short Portage Lake to the Salmon Fork, from the Salmon Fork to the village of Chalkyitsik, and lastly, the section below the village to the mouth of the Black River on the Porcupine.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /boating/arl/black.htm (1322 words)

	Yukon River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It measures 1,980 miles (3,190 kilometres) from the headwaters of the McNeil River (a tributary of the Nisutlin River).
		The longest river in Alaska and one of the longest in North America, the Yukon originates in Tagish Lake on the border of the Yukon Territory and British Columbia.
		The rivers of North America fall mainly into two groups—those that drain the western mountain system and flow into the Pacific and those that drain the Interior Plains and send their waters directly or indirectly into the Atlantic.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9110733?tocId=9110733 (910 words)

	Porcupine and Brown Bear
		A Porcupine was on the side of a river.
		He asked Porcupine why he was crying and Porcupine told him about the spruce trees and cottonwood on the other side of the river.
		When Bear was right behind him he slapped and slapped at Porcupine but when he was done he had a bunch of quills in his paw.
	www.northstar.k12.ak.us /schools/joy/denali/Liston/porcupine-brownbear.html (458 words)

	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
		The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is within the main range of the Porcupine Herd, which numbers approximately 152,000 animals, and on the periphery of the range of the smaller Central Arctic Herd with 23,400 animals.
		Both the Porcupine and Central Arctic Herds are biologically healthy.
		In 1994, the Porcupine Herd numbered 152,000, but the caribou were in excellent physiological condition and overwinter calf survival had improved to levels comparable to the 1980s.
	arcticcircle.uconn.edu /ANWR/anwrcaribou.html (1278 words)

	Information on some Key Aquatic Species
		Like most salmon, chum salmon spend most of their lives in the Pacific Ocean, returning to the rivers where they were hatched to breed at about four years of age.
		The burbot is a fresh-water member of the cod family found in deep waters of lakes and large rivers, and in small streams in summer, across Canada from the Yukon to New Brunswick.
		Burbot apparently spawn and overwinter in deep holes in the Porcupine River that are associated with the mouths of tributary rivers, such as the Old Crow River (Steigenberger et al.
	yukon.taiga.net /vuntutrda/aquatic/key.htm (3202 words)

	Porcupine River - 98 Expedition - Treks and Travels - Caribou Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The calving grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are a sacred place for Gwich'in People, and I felt sure, for the caribou too.
		The annual trek of the herd is a miracle of nature, a spectacle as powerful as the great migrations of the Serengeti.
		The Arctic summer was drawing to a close when I arrived at Summit Lake, the headwaters of the Porcupine River System.
	www.cariboucommons.com /treks_and_travels/98_expedition/porcupine.html (1093 words)

	PORCUPINE
		The rump and tail are covered in over 30,000 quills which are 1-2.5 inches in length and set with tiny, scalelike barbs.
		The porcupine feeds on leaves, twigs and green plants and has a ravenous appetite for salt (it will chew on any salt stained tools or clothes it comes across) and also it relishes plywood because of the glue between the layers.
		- The tracks of the porcupine are easily distinguished with pigeon-toed prints and a trough formed by the dragging of their feet between.
	www.fishbc.com /adventure/wilderness/animals/porcup.htm (308 words)

	Campaigns \| Arctic Campaign \| The Gwich'in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Gwich’in share the range of the Porcupine River caribou herd, except for the place the caribou go to bear their young each year: the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
		Except for the periodically flooded islands and lowlands of the Yukon River Flats, the land of the Gwich’in is covered by boreal forest.
		In March, 1984, the Canadian domestic agreement on the management of the Porcupine River Caribou Herd and its habitat was signed between the Canadian government, the Yukon Territory, The Northwest Territories, and three native groups.
	www.alaskawild.org /campaigns_arctic_gwichin.html (628 words)

	Background - Caribou in ANWR
		The Porcupine Herd, which numbers approximately 123,000 animals, generally spends time during the summer months on the Coastal Plain, and the smaller Central Arctic Herd, approximately 32,000 animals, stay to the west of the Coastal Plain.
		The Porcupine Herd follows three major routes to the North Slope from primary wintering areas in Alaska and the Yukon Territory; the Richardson route, the Old Crow route, and the Arctic Village/South Brooks Range route.
		By mid-to-late July, most Porcupine Caribou have moved off the Coastal Plain and dispersed in the foothills, only to be plagued by two other insect pests; the warble fly and the nose bot fly.
	www.anwr.org /backgrnd/caribou.htm (1097 words)

	JS Online: Backpackers' bonanza
		Waterfalls of all sizes are a common sight along the Big Carp River at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
		The Porcupine Mountains of Michigan's Upper Peninsula offer the best of both worlds: hiking trails along the shore of Lake Superior and past inland waterfalls and old-growth forest.
		The Porcupine Mountains Visitor's Center is in the Eastern time zone, so leave early enough to get to the center before it closes at 6 p.m.
	www.jsonline.com /Dd/destwis/may03/141288.asp (1858 words)

	Before the Klondike Gold Rush
		HBC traders had also built Fort Yukon at the mouth of the Porcupine River, flying their Union Jack in Russian territory until the company was forced to abandon the post in 1869.
		They moved to a site further up the Porcupine River, and established Rampart House in what was believed to be in Canadian territory, but wasn't.
		Gold was discovered in the panhandle in 1880 and the town of Juneau was born, drawing prospectors further north.
	www.yukonalaska.com /klondike/beforegold.html (1930 words)

	Yukon River Panel
		The men and women along the river brought Yukon Territory and Alaska, Canada and the United States together to protect the salmon, and a way of life in the North for generations to come.
		The technical committee was formed in January of 1985 and titled the ‘ Yukon River Joint Technical Committee ’ or, as it is commonly referred to, the JTC.
		Under the interim agreement, the Yukon River Panel and the Restoration and Enhancement Fund were established and the role of the JTC reemphasized in order to execute provisions as set under the PST.
	www.yukonriverpanel.com (1043 words)

	Travel
		The Presque Isle River and Porcupine Mountains are the major attraction at Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon, Michigan.
		The park, 92 square miles, is one of the wildest spots in the Midwest with large tracts of virgin white pine, maple and eastern hemlock, 90 miles of hiking trails, lots of fl bears, 23 miles of undeveloped Lake Superior shoreline, inland lakes and wild rivers with waterfalls.
		Other popular trails are 7.3-mile Government Peak Trail, 9.6-mile Big Carp River Trail, the 4.3-mile Escarpment Trail that runs from the Lake of the Clouds Overlook to the Government Peak Trailhead and the 11.3-mile Little Carp River Trail.
	www.gmtoday.com /news/travel/travel_midwest/topstory11.asp (1085 words)

	Campaigns \| Arctic Campaign \| Impacts on Wildlife \| Read more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In a pattern of migration established centuries ago, the caribou of the Porcupine River herd arrive each spring on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge.
		This annual migration of the Porcupine caribou herd is the very basis of the Gwich'in, one of the most traditional surviving native cultures.
		So important is the Porcupine River herd to the Gwich'in that they call themselves "people of the caribou." For 20,000 years, their way of life has been intimately woven with the Porcupine herd.
	www.alaskawild.org /newweb/campaigns_arctic_wild_more.html (1680 words)

	Sled Dog Central: Mackenzie River Huskies - History
		The "Mackenzie River Husky" is a catch all name, that can describe vastly different dogs depending on who is using that name.
		The catchy name "Mackenzie River Husky" was coined from newcomers seeing the freight huskies and not being able to differentiate the different villages while passing through an area.
		Arctic Red dogs, Porcupine River dogs, Hay River dogs, etc. The name really took hold in the 1960’s, from which the distortions grew, especially as the freight husky began to disappear.
	www.sleddogcentral.com /mackenzies2.htm (1335 words)

	Cultural Resources of Yukon-Charley National Preserve
		On the north is the Porcupine River and the Alaska Highway is the southern border.
		The Yukon river flows southeast-to-northwest through the preserve between valley walls that range from steep bluffs along high, upland benches to terraces representative of several stages of river downcutting.
		The Charley River, draining an area south of the Yukon, is the largest tributary within the preserve.
	www.nps.gov /akso/akarc/cr_yuch.htm (2172 words)

	Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op: Indicators -- Porcupine River Ice-Free Period
		This graph shows the length of the ice-free period observed for the Porcupine River near the U.S./Canada border.
		The ice-free period of the river is defined as the period during which ice formation does not affect river flow by more than 5% compared to flow during open water conditions.
		Dates of the ice-free period for 1991 were estimated from data recorded for the Porcupine River at Old Crow.
	www.taiga.net /coop/indics/pcice.html (282 words)

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		Caribou are occasionally taken in fall by Chalkyitsik hunters, usually along the Porcupine River or near the mountainous headwaters of the Black River.
		Fishnets are placed in small creeks and sloughs near the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers to catch whitefish, suckers, and pike.
		Fishing on the Yukon River for king salmon occurs mostly in July, and chum salmon harvests usually occur during August and early September.
	www.nativeknowledge.org /db/files/tp16.htm (4396 words)

	Euro-Canadian Exploration and Research
		The British Museum collection data indicates that they had been collected "along the Porcupine River", but since the precise date and place of collection is not provided, palaeontologists have speculated that the Old Crow River might be the source of these fossils (Maddren 1907, Harington 1971).
		McDonald seems to refer to the Old Crow River as the "North River" and none of the many references to the North River in his journals indicate that he ever travelled up the river or received any fossils from that area.
		Most of his observations were along the Porcupine River and did not include studies on the Old Crow River.
	yukon.taiga.net /vuntutrda/history/explor.htm (2919 words)

	Wabash Foundation
		As we slept the rain continued to fall and the river was rising at an alarming rate.
		This section of the river was known as the "flats" due to the fact that the river spreads out into hundreds of different channels, ten miles wide.
		In this diffcult part of the river, one person needed to stay in the bow gageing the depth with a long pole, shouting dirrections to the driver in the back.
	www.bright.net /~apax/wa01012.htm (1590 words)

	Bill Layman & Lynda Holland's 2003 Porcupine River Trip
		This river is really hauling ass and after a short day of only about five hours of paddling, we still ended up covering close to 18 miles.
		This is the Grease-lip River, (McIntyre River) which has been so named by the Indians because of the herds of fat caribou that live around it in the winter.
		In fact on day 1 of the Porcupine we saw a huge stick nest with the proud parents circling high above and the youngsters poking their heads out over the edge of the nest as if they were wondering when it was time to try flying.
	www.out-there.com /b03_08.htm (2005 words)

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