Icabaqua

Icabaquã is an Indigenous name associated with the Camaquã River, which crosses the grasslands and hills of southern Brazil before reaching the Patos Lagoon. Its swift water drains a region historically inhabited by Guarani and Charrúa peoples. Near the lower river a chapel dedicated to Saint John the Baptist was authorised in 1815, marking the beginning of the settlement later called Camaquã. The river links the interior with the great coastal lagoon.