Charpentier River is a river in northern
Quebec
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(
Ungava Peninsula
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),
Canada
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, that flows from
Lac Nedlouc for about northwest to
Lake Minto
Lake Minto (, "where there are spotted seals") is a lake on western Ungava Peninsula, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It has a total surface area of and a net area of .Natural Resources Canada, Atlas of Canada Lakes
It was named by Canadian explorer an ...
. A rarely paddled river, it flows through
tundra
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&
taiga
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. It has several waterfalls, namely Chutes de Burin and Chute Bleu.
[Lester Kovac/Lynette Chubb]
Charpentier/Leaf 2007
/ref> It is one of the main tributaries of the Leaf River.
References
Rivers of Nord-du-Québec
Nunavik
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