Canning River Gallery
Pictures of, from, or near Canning River.
heads at glacier in Franklin Mts. at 690430N1450600W, and flows N to Camden Bay, Arctic Plain. 125 miles long.
On August 5, 1826, Franklin (1828, p. 149) wrote: "we arrived opposite to the large river, which was named in honour of the late Mr. Canning * * *." George Canning, 1770-1827, was British Prime Minister in 1827. The Eskimo name "Kogruak" first appears on Surg. John Simpson's native map of 1855, and is reported by Leffingwell (1919, p. 94) to mean "old river".
Pictures of, from, or near Canning River.
Hiking through possible tussocks with heavy packs...Boo! Another day of packrafting it is!
