Lake Melville: Located in Labrador, the next largest lake, Lake Melville, is actually not a lake, but, rather, an estuary (confusing right?).

Comprising 3,069 km2 (1,184.9 mi) and stretching 140 km (87.0 mi) inland, "Lake" Melville is a saltwater tidal extension of the Hamilton Inlet, which itself is an extension of Groswater Bay, on the coast of Labrador, making it the largest estuary in the province.

An estuary was defined earlier as a "tidal area at the mouth of a watercourse, where marine phenomena predominate over river phenomena".

Naskaupi River: According to material contained on the Wikipedia site, the Naskaupi River is the second largest river in Labrador, Canada, draining an area of 4,714 km2 (1,820 mi2).

Its drainage basin lies north the Churchill River, and like the Churchill River, it drains into the western end of Lake Melville.

The Naskapi First Nation peoples used the river to travel to Labrador. Several expeditions explored the river around the turn of the 19/20th century. Mina Benson, the widow of Leonidas Hubbard, who died on a failed 1903 expedition is noted as having made admirable observations during a successful 1905 expedition.

The basin has no permanent inhabitants, and no roads. Just under half the area is covered by forest. Slightly more than one quarter of the area is covered by other vegetation.

Approximately 17 percent is covered by lakes, rivers, or wetlands. The government of Newfoundland and Labrador classes the rest as "barren" or "unclassified".

When a series of 88 dikes were built, to establish the Smallwood reservoir, for the Churchill Falls Hydroelectric Project, water was diverted from the Naskaupi River to the Churchill River drainage basin.

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

Address of this page: http://nl.ruralroutes.com/NorthWestRiver