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Rae River
Country Canada
Territory Nunavut
Physical characteristics
Main source Akuliakattak Lake
River mouth Coronation Gulf
Sea level
67°55′01″N 115°33′00″W / 67.917°N 115.550°W / 67.917; -115.550 (Rae River)

The Rae River (Pallirk) is a waterway that flows from Akuliakattak Lake into Richardson Bay, Coronation Gulf. Its mouth is situated northwest of Kugluktuk, Nunavut. Its shores were the ancestral home of Copper Inuit subgroups: the Kanianermiut (also known as Uallirgmiut) (located at the river's headwaters) and the Pallirmiut (located at the river's mouth).

The Rae River is named in honour of Scottish Arctic explorer John Rae.

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