The Kunwak River is a river of

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...

, Canada. It flows northeast out of

Tulemalu Lake Tulemalu Lake is a lake in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. See also * List of lakes of Nunavut *List of lakes of Canada This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger ...

and enters

Tebesjuak Lake Tebesjuak Lake ( Inuktitut: ''Tahijuatuar ungalirpar'') is a lake in Kivalliq Region in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It lies at an elevation of and covers an area of , not including occupied by islands within the lake. The Kunwak River flo ...

Mallery Lake Mallery Lake (Inuktitut: ') is a lake in Kivalliq Region in the Provinces and Territories of Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut. It lies at an elevation of and covers an area of , not including occupied by islands within the lake. The Kunwak R ...

and

Princess Mary Lake Princess Mary Lake (Inuktitut: ''Tahijuaq tuklirpaar'') is a lake in Kivalliq Region in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It lies at an elevation of and covers an area of , not including occupied by islands within the lake. The Kunwak River flow ...

before turning southeast and flowing into Thirty Mile Lake on the

Kazan River The Kazan River (Inuktitut ''Harvaqtuuq'', Inuktitut syllabics ᓴᕐᕙᖅᑑᖅ; meaning "strong rapids", "the big drift" or "place of much fast flowing water"), is a Canadian Heritage River located in Nunavut, Canada. The Dene name for the riv ...

. Historically the Kunwak has been inhabited by the

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...

. The

Harvaqtuurmiut Harvaqtuurmiut (alternate: Harvaqtormiut, or Ha'vaqtuurmiut; translation: "whirlpools aplenty people") were a Caribou Inuit society in Nunavut, Canada. Predominantly, their inland existence was along the lower Kazan River section, by Thirty Mil ...

, a

Caribou Inuit Caribou Inuit ( iu, Kivallirmiut/ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑦ), barren-ground caribou hunters, are Inuit who live west of Hudson Bay in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, between 61° and 65° N and 90° and 102° W in Northern Canada. They were originally na ...

group, made their homes along the river.

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Rivers of Kivalliq Region {{Nunavut-river-stub