Akimiski

Akimiski is the largest island in James Bay, a low land of marshes, moss and sparse spruce across the water from the western shore. Its Cree name reflects that position: the land across the water. Geese nest and feed along its shallow coast, and the island forms part of the hunting country of the Attawapiskat Cree. In 1727 traders from Albany Fort sought to establish trade with Cree hunters on Akimiski, whose camps and hunting grounds lay across the bay from the mainland.