Ashuapmushuan Hills

The Ashuapmushuan uplands overlook a country of boreal forest, lakes and rivers northwest of Lac Saint-Jean. The river from which they take their name forms part of an old route into the interior. In 1672 Charles Albanel travelled along it on his way to James Bay; in 1732 Joseph-Laurent Normandin followed the waterway with Ilnu guides. Fur traders established posts near Lake Ashuapmushuan and Lake Nicabau, amid the routes through this wooded country.