Edward River is a rural locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.

[1] This inland locality on the Cape York Peninsula is named for the Edward River that runs through it towards the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Strathgordon Road passes through the locality from Yarraden in the east towards Pormpuraaw in the west on the Gulf.

Kuuk Thaayorre (also known as Koko-Daiyuri, Kuku Yak, Thayorre, and used as a generic name for several related languages/dialects) is an Australian Aboriginal Language spoken on Western Cape York, particularly in the area around Pormpuraaw (Edward River).

[4] In the 2016 census, Edward River had "no people or a very low population".