Vachon River
Vachon River or Qarnatulik or Avaluko is a river in the Arctic tundra of Nunavik, Quebec. It originates on Lac Laflamme at just north of Pingualuit crater and finishes at where it joins Arnaud/Payne River. It was named after bishop Alexander Vachon, rector of Laval University in 1939 and from 1940 to 1953, archbishop of the diocese of Ottawa, Ontario.
Despite the access and paddling difficulties and extreme climatic conditions, river is occasionally paddled by canoeists:
- in 1978, 4 canoeists from Quebec, Canada, paddled Vachon upstream as access route to Povungnituk River ;
- in 1985, the group of 4 canoeists from Lyon, France coming from Puvirnituq, upstream Povungnituk River ;
- in 2009, solo canoeist Eric Leclair from Quebec;
- in 2010, the group of 4 canoeists.