# Rae River

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River in Nunavut, Canada

Rae River Location Country Canada Territory Nunavut Physical characteristics Source • location Akuliakattak Lake Mouth • location Coronation Gulf • coordinates 67°55′01″N 115°33′00″W / 67.917°N 115.550°W / 67.917; -115.550 (Rae River) • elevation Sea level

The **Rae River** (**Pallirk**) is a [waterway](/source/Waterway) that flows from Akuliakattak Lake[1] into Richardson Bay, [Coronation Gulf](/source/Coronation_Gulf). Its mouth is situated northwest of [Kugluktuk, Nunavut](/source/Kugluktuk%2C_Nunavut). Its shores were the ancestral home of [Copper Inuit](/source/Copper_Inuit) subgroups: the [Kanianermiut](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanianermiut&action=edit&redlink=1)[2] (also known as [Uallirgmiut](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uallirgmiut&action=edit&redlink=1)) (located at the river's headwaters) and the [Pallirmiut](/source/Pallirmiut)[3] (located at the river's mouth).

The Rae River is named in honour of [Scottish](/source/Scotland) [Arctic](/source/Arctic) [explorer](/source/Explorer) [John Rae](/source/John_Rae_(explorer)).[4]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Nunavut](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Nunavut)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-prehistoric_1-0)** Stefansson, V. (1914-12-30). ["Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo"](https://archive.org/stream/prehistoricprese00stefiala/prehistoricprese00stefiala_djvu.txt). *Geological Survey Museum Bulletin*. **6**: 14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-TheStefanssonAnderson1919_2-0)** ["The Stefansson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report"](https://books.google.com/books?id=O9Bb-f8oZPEC). *Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History*. **14**. New York: American Museum of Natural History: 26. 1919. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0065-9452](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0065-9452). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1116815](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1116815).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Stefansson1914_3-0)** Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). [*The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-NhBAAAAIAAJ). New York: The Trustees of the American Museum. p. 27. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [13626409](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/13626409).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DrJohn_4-0)** ["Dr. John Rae"](http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/04/rae_j.shtml). *Manitoba Pageant, September 1958, Volume 4, Number 1*. mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

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