Caribou is one common name for the deer species Rangifer tarandus, also known as reindeer. Caribou may also refer to: Places Canada Caribou, Nova Scotia, a rural community Caribou Island, an uninhabited island near the eastern end of Lake Superior Caribou Lake (Temagami), Ontario Caribou Lake (North Bay, Ontario) Caribou Mountains (Alberta) Caribou Mountain (Temagami), Ontario Caribou River (Rainy River District), Ontario Caribou River (Thunder Bay District), Ontario United States Caribou, California, a census-designated place Caribou, Colorado, a ghost town Caribou, Maine, a city Caribou Township, Kittson County, Minnesota Caribou, Minnesota, an unincorporated community Caribou County, Idaho Caribou Mountains (Idaho) Caribou Mountain (Franklin County, Maine), on the Canada-United States border Caribou River (Minnesota) Caribou Wilderness, a federally-designated wilderness area in northern California Caribou Lake (California), the lake in Caribou Wilderness from which the area gets its name Transportation Caribou (train), formerly operated on the island of Newfoundland De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou, a Canadian transport aircraft MV Caribou, a Canadian passenger-vehicle ferry named after SS Caribou SS Caribou, a Newfoundland passenger ferry torpedoed during World War II Military Caribou, the export version of the Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter aircraft , a Royal Canadian Navy armed yacht that served in the Second World War CFAV Caribou (YAG 314), a 1950s Royal Canadian Navy vessel CFAV Caribou (PCT 57), a Royal Canadian Navy training and surveillance vessel launched in 2007 Caribou Air Force Station, a defunct Air Force Station in Limestone, Maine, United States Battle of Caribou, an 1838 minor skirmish in the Aroostook War fought at Caribou, Maine Music Caribou (musician), a stage name used by Dan Snaith Caribou Records, a defunct record label Caribou (album), a 1974 album by Elton John "Caribou", a song by Pixies from their first album Come On Pilgrim Other uses Caribou, an early codename for what became Google's Gmail Caribou (drink), an alcoholic mixed drink popular in Quebec Caribou Biosciences, a biotech company Caribou Coffee, a chain of coffee shops Caribou Inuit, an Inuit group in Nunavut, Canada Caribou High School, Caribou, Maine, United States Caribou Manufacturing Company, original name of the Monaco Coach Corporation, an American recreational vehicle manufacturer Caribou Wind Park, New Brunswick, Canada, a wind farm Colorado Caribous, a 1978 soccer team from Denver, Colorado, United States Quebec Caribou, a former rugby union club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada See also Cariboo (disambiguation) Carabao, a type of Southeast Asian water buffalo