Caniapiscau

Caniapiscau is a large river and lake system on the plateau of the Quebec–Labrador interior. Its river runs north to join the Koksoak, which flows into Ungava Bay. Naskapi hunters travelled its lakes and portage routes, taking caribou in autumn and fishing the lakes in summer. Canoes were the main means of travel, and the long portages between lakes decided where people camped and met to trade. Furs moved down these waterways toward the bay once the Hudson's Bay Company began trading in the Ungava district in the 1830s.