| 词条 | Vachon River (Arnaud River) |
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| name = Vachon River | image = Vachon River Nunavik.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | source1_location = Lac Laflamme (a.k.a. Manarsulik Lake), Nunavik, Quebec | mouth_location = Arnaud/Payne River | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Canada | length = {{convert|266|km|mi|abbr=on}} (measured from north-west end of Lac Laflamme) | source1_elevation = {{convert|487.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }}Vachon River ({{lang-fr|Rivière Vachon}}, Inuktitut: Ikkatujaaq (seemingly shallow) or Qarnatulik (unknown meaning) or Avaluko (unknown meaning)[1]) is a river in the Arctic tundra of Nunavik, Quebec. It originates on Lac Laflamme at {{coord|61|21|49|N|73|45|36|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline}} just north of Pingualuit crater and finishes at {{coord|60|4|43|N|71|8|59|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline}} where it joins Arnaud/Payne River. It was named after bishop Alexander Vachon (1885–1953), rector of Laval University in 1939 and from 1940 to 1953, archbishop of the diocese of Ottawa, Ontario.[1] Despite the access and paddling difficulties (long rapids and ledges) and extreme climatic conditions,[2] river is occasionally paddled by canoeists:
River is inhabited by an important Arctic char population harvested for subsistence by the Inuit of Kangirsuk.[7] References1. ^1 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Topos sur le Web - Rivière Vachon 2. ^{{cite book|author = FQCK|title = Guide des parcours canotables du Quebec, Tome II|year=2000|page=241|isbn = 2-89000-504-6}} 3. ^{{cite journal | author = Philippe Zanni |author2=Pauline Holdsworth | title = Across Ungava - Canoeing Northern Quebec | journal = Kanawa | issue = Winter 2000 | pages =4–9}} 4. ^{{cite journal | author = Virginia Marshall | title = Lining and Tides and Bears | journal = Rapid | issue = Summer/Fall 2009 | page =14}} 5. ^{{cite journal | author = Eric Leclair | title = Vachon River, Nunavik | journal = Kanawa | issue = Winter 2009 | pages =20–29}} 6. ^Lester Kovac/Lynette Chubb: Vachon River 2010. 7. ^{{cite web | url = http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/makivik/CI215.pdf | title = Assessment of the baseline metal levels in the aquatic environment of Crater Lake, Deception, Puvirnituq and Vachon rivers, Nunavik | accessdate = 2008-10-23 | author = Daniel Leclair |date=January 2001 | format = PDF | work = Environmental monitoring of the Raglan project | publisher = Nunavik Research Centre | location = Kuujjuaq |page=4}} See also
3 : Rivers of Nord-du-Québec|Nunavik|Nord-du-Québec |
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