Vachon River (French: 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 61°21′49″N 73°45′36″W / 61.36361°N 73.76000°W / 61.36361; -73.76000 just north of Pingualuit crater and finishes at 60°4′43″N 71°8′59″W / 60.07861°N 71.14972°W / 60.07861; -71.14972 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.

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