Charpentier River
Encyclopedia
Charpentier River is a river in northern Quebec
(Ungava Peninsula
), Canada
, that flows from Lac Nedlouc
for about 125 km northwest to Lake Minto
. A rarely paddled river, it flows through very beautiful wilderness tundra
& taiga
. It has several picturesque waterfalls, namely Chutes de Burin and Chute Bleu. It is one of the main tributaries of the Leaf River
.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
(Ungava Peninsula
Ungava Peninsula
The Ungava Peninsula of Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Hudson Strait to the north, and Ungava Bay to the east. The Ungava Peninsula is part of the Labrador Peninsula and covers about 252,000 km²...
), Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that flows from Lac Nedlouc
Lac Nedlouc
Lac Nedlouc is the lake on the top plateau of Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. Nedlouc is Inuktitut word meaning part of the leg around the knee. Why the lake was named like that is unknown...
for about 125 km northwest to Lake Minto
Lake Minto
Lake Minto is a lake on western Ungava Peninsula, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It has a total surface area of and a net area of ....
. A rarely paddled river, it flows through very beautiful wilderness tundra
Tundra
In physical geography, tundra is a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes through Russian тундра from the Kildin Sami word tūndâr "uplands," "treeless mountain tract." There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, alpine...
& taiga
Taiga
Taiga , also known as the boreal forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests.Taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome. In North America it covers most of inland Canada and Alaska as well as parts of the extreme northern continental United States and is known as the Northwoods...
. It has several picturesque waterfalls, namely Chutes de Burin and Chute Bleu. It is one of the main tributaries of the Leaf River
Leaf River (Quebec)
Leaf River is a river in northern Quebec, Canada, at the northern limit of the tree line. It flows from Lake Minto northeast through the Ungava Peninsula into Leaf Bay off Ungava Bay over a distance of...
.