Kamusawasich

Kamusawasich is the Naskapi name of a lake in the northern interior of the Labrador Peninsula. It describes a barren hill beside the water, a landmark in a country of lakes and uplands. This region forms part of the homeland of the Innu, the Algonquian-speaking peoples of the peninsula; among their northern communities, caribou hunting held a particularly important place. Their knowledge of named lakes and routes gave shape to a vast hunting country.