The Hood River of Nunavut, Canada, is a 400 km (250 mi) long river draining into the Arctic Ocean from its headwaters in the interior of Canada's tundra at Napaktulik Lake,[1] close to the Northwest Territories border.

The upper lakes of the Hood can be frozen until July, and on the banks of the river, grizzlies, wolves, wolverines, and muskox are plentiful.

In the short Arctic summer, canoeists braving the mighty river can see the migration of the barren-ground caribou through the area.

During Sir John Franklin's first overland expedition, the Coppermine expedition, he came back up this river, after going down the Coppermine River, then east along the Arctic Coast to Point Turnagain, while searching for the Northwest Passage.

The river gets its name from Lieutenant Robert Hood, who was murdered on the overland trek back to Fort Enterprise.