Great Whale River
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Date: 2022-01-18

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#Rivers_of_Nord-du-Québec
#Tributaries_of_Hudson_Bay
#Nunavik
The Great Whale River （French: Grande rivière de la Baleine） is a river in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada.
It flows from Lac Saint-Luson through Lac Bienville west to Hudson Bay.
While lower section of the river （after Lac Bienville） has very powerful current, with many waterfalls （up to 15 metres （49 ft） or 20 metres （66 ft） in height） and rapids,
upper section consists of series of lakes interconnected by steep rapids and ledges.
Great Whale River has also the branch originating from Caniapiscau Reservoir.
For canoeists, this is the easiest access （bridge on Trans-Taiga Road at Lac Montausier 54°43′53.41″N 70°11′45.24″W / 54.7315028°N 70.1959000°W / 54.7315028; -70.1959000）.
Both the northern village of Kuujjuarapik, whose inhabitants are mostly Inuit, and the Cree village of Whapmagoostui are situated at the mouth of the river, near the site of the former RCAF Station Great Whale River.
The villages were formerly known collectively as "Great Whale River" and "Poste-de-la-Baleine." The portion between Lake Bienville and the mouth of the Coats River has also been called Abchigamich River,
but this name was dropped in 1946 by the Commission de géographie du Québec.
Also, the name has often been wrongly translated into French as Rivière de la Grande Baleine （not until 1962 did the Commission de géographie du Québec officially adopt the current Grande rivière de la Baleine）.
A preliminary camp on the Great Whale River of the Révillon Frères company, 1922 The Great Whale River was a place favored by the Cree and Inuit for hunting beluga long before the arrival of Europeans.
Even though both were nomadic, the mouth of the river was often an encampment site and served as unofficial border.
The name of the river was recorded in 1744 in the logbooks of Hudson's Bay Company employees Thomas Mitchell and John Longland, while e...