The Little Whale River (French: Petite rivière de la Baleine; Cree: Wâpamekustûss) is a river in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. With an area of 15,900 square kilometres (6,100 sq mi), it is ranked as the 35th largest river basin in Quebec.[2]
The Cree named a segment of the Little Whale River near its mouth as Wâpamekustus, which is similar to what Isbister noted in 1740. The Inuit call it Qilalugarsiuviup Kuunga, which means "river or place where beluga is hunted".[3]
Its name has often been wrongly translated into French as Rivière de la Petite Baleine.
^ abc"Other Rivers Flowing Into the Atlantic Ocean". The National Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
^"Petite rivière de la Baleine" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
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