flows SW to a lake, 11 mi. NE of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.
History of Nuleargowik River
Eskimo name obtained in 1886 by Lieutenant Stoney (1900, p. 101), U.S. Navy (USN), who wrote The eleventh moon, Nue-le-ar-gu-wick, because the deer cohabit (nuele, wife, arguwick, deer).