Kapuskaywak

Kapuskaywak is a portage on the western shore of Perch Bay in the Churchill River system. Its Cree name means off to one side, marking a place where travellers could leave the water and carry their canoes across land. The Churchill flows through a long chain of lakes and rapids towards Hudson Bay. Routes around falls and difficult waters made passage along this great river possible for Indigenous travellers and, later, fur traders.