Kouate

Kouate is a Wendat name for the Saguenay, the deep river that flows from Lac Saint-Jean to the St Lawrence. Its lower course cuts between steep wooded heights, opening a passage from the estuary into the interior. Indigenous peoples travelled and traded along the river long before French merchants established a post at its mouth. Tadoussac became a centre of the fur trade, while the Saguenay carried that commerce towards the inland lake country.