Lake Evans

Chisesaakahikan, the “big lake” in Cree, is a great widening of the Broadback River in the marshy country southeast of James Bay. Its waters receive the Théodat River from the east before the Broadback continues west to Rupert Bay. The river has borne different names along its course; the Cree name Paachipiskunew-siipiy refers to a swollen back. Forests and wetlands surround the broad lake.