sentences:  Also, the name has often been wrongly translated into French as "Rivière de la Grande Baleine" (not until 1962 did the Commission de géographie du Québec officially adopt the current "Grande rivière de la Baleine").The Great Whale River was a place favored by the Cree and Inuit for hunting beluga long before the arrival of Europeans.Even though both were nomadic, the mouth of the river was often an encampment site and served as unofficial border.