Rae River

{{Infobox river | name = Rae River | image = | image_caption = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Nunavut]] | source1_location = [[Akuliakattak Lake]] | mouth_location = [[Coronation Gulf]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|67.917|-115.550|region:CA|name=Rae River|display=inline,title}} | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = Sea level | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} The '''Rae River''' ('''Pallirk''') is a [[waterway]] that flows from Akuliakattak Lake<ref name="prehistoric">{{cite journal|last=Stefansson |first=V. |date=1914-12-30|title=Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo|journal=Geological Survey Museum Bulletin|volume=6|pages=14|url=https://archive.org/stream/prehistoricprese00stefiala/prehistoricprese00stefiala_djvu.txt}}</ref> into Richardson Bay, [[Coronation Gulf]]. Its mouth is situated northwest of [[Kugluktuk, Nunavut]]. Its shores were the ancestral home of [[Copper Inuit]] subgroups: the [[Kanianermiut]]<ref name="TheStefanssonAnderson1919">{{cite journal|title=The Stefansson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report|journal=Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History|volume=14|publisher=American Museum of Natural History|location=New York|date=1919|pages=26|issn=0065-9452|oclc=1116815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O9Bb-f8oZPEC}}</ref> (also known as [[Uallirgmiut]]) (located at the river's headwaters) and the [[Pallirmiut]]<ref name="Stefansson1914">{{cite book| last = Stefansson| first = Vilhjalmur| title = The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-NhBAAAAIAAJ| year = 1914| publisher = The Trustees of the American Museum| location = New York| oclc = 13626409| pages = 27 }}</ref> (located at the river's mouth).

The Rae River is named in honour of [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Arctic]] [[explorer]] [[John Rae (explorer)|John Rae]].<ref name="DrJohn">{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/04/rae_j.shtml |title=Dr. John Rae |accessdate=2008-08-25 |work=Manitoba Pageant, September 1958, Volume 4, Number 1 |publisher=mhs.mb.ca}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of rivers of Nunavut]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rivers of the Kitikmeot Region]]