Rivière Delay
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| location | Nunavik , North du Québec in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Rivière Koksoak | |
| Drain over | Rivière Du Gué → Rivière aux Mélèzes → Rivière Koksoak → Ungava Bay | |
| source | 80 km northeast of Lac Bienville 55 ° 28 ′ 37 ″ N , 71 ° 14 ′ 33 ″ W |
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Rivière Du Gué Coordinates: 56 ° 56 ′ 32 ″ N , 71 ° 28 ′ 6 ″ W 56 ° 56 ′ 32 ″ N , 71 ° 28 ′ 6 ″ W
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| length | approx. 280 km | |
| Flowing lakes | Lac Kawaschayamiskaw , Lac Chanikamisu | |
The Rivière Delay is a right tributary of the Rivière Du Gué in the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière Delay is the most important tributary of the Rivière Du Gué, a tributary of the Rivière aux Mélèzes . It rises 80 km northeast of Lac Bienville . It flows in a predominantly northerly direction through the Canadian Shield of the Labrador Peninsula . In the upper reaches it passes the Lac Kawaschayamiskaw . In the middle course it flows through the elongated lake Lac Chanikamisu , which is a river widening . The Rivière Delay has a length of about 280 km.
The river was named after Auguste-Louis-Adrien Delay (1856–?), A Jesuit priest.