Clarence River (Alaska–Yukon)
Template:Geobox Clarence River is a 50-mile (80 km) long river that flows through the Yukon Territory of Canada and the U.S. state of Alaska into the Beaufort Sea.
Course
The Clarence River rises southwest of Mount Paige in the Yukon Territory of Canada and flows northwest and northeast, crossing the border several times into the North Slope Borough of Alaska. It empties out into Clarence Lagoon and finally the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean.[1]
History
The river was surveyed in 1826 by British explorer John Franklin as the westernmost river in the then-British territories on the Arctic coast near the line of demarcation with Russia. Franklin named the river Clarence in honor of Lord High Admiral Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews.[1][2]
Notes
Clarence Lagoon is the northwestern-most point of the Yukon Territory, and also of continental Canada.
See also
References
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GNISwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Franklin, John (1828). Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Seas. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey. p. 125. OCLC 10857574.
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