Capimitchigama

Capimitchigama is a long, narrow lake at the headwaters of the Ottawa River. Its Algonquin name means “lake lying across”, reflecting the way it runs across the direction of the river's flow. Together with neighbouring Lake des Outaouais, it supplies the beginning of a waterway that winds for a great distance towards the St Lawrence. The surrounding lakes and forests lie within the ancestral territory of the Algonquin peoples, whose routes joined the Ottawa basin to the country beyond.