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The 'Broadback River' (in French: ''Rivière Broadback'') is a river in northern Quebec, Canada. It is 450 km (280 mile) long, has a drainage basin of 20800 km² (8030 sq. mile), and a mean discharge of 350 m³/s (458 yd³/s)^[1]. It drains into Rupert Bay (a smaller bay at the south end of James Bay), just south of the Rupert River.
The Broadback, together with the Nottaway and Rupert Rivers, was initially considered to be dammed and diverted as part of the James Bay Project. But in 1972 hydro-electric development began on the more northerly La Grande and Eastmain Rivers, and the NBR Project was shelved. With the decision to divert the Rupert River to the La Grande, it is not likely that the Broadback will be developed in the foreseeable future.

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1. Atlas of Canada