Lake Nichicun

Lake Nichicun lies deep in the northern interior, among the headwaters of La Grande Rivière. Waters from Lake Naococane pass through it on their way towards James Bay. In 1816 John and Thomas Isbister opened a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at Nichicun, where Naskapi hunters brought furs to exchange for goods. The remote lake thus became a meeting place in the expanding inland fur trade.