Kinozhesipi

Kinozhe sipi, the “Pike River,” is remembered in the name of the Kinouchebiriniouek, an Algonquin people associated with the Bonnechere watershed. Their neighbours included the Kichesipirini, whose principal village stood on an island in the Ottawa River, and the Matouweskarini along the Madawaska. These Anishinaabe-speaking communities were connected by the rivers and lakes of the Ottawa valley, a region of trade and alliances long before colonial settlements spread inland.