Magpie Massif

The Magpie uplands rise in the forested interior north of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Through this country runs Mutehekau Shipu, the river known in English as the Magpie. Its Innu name describes water passing between square rock cliffs, a striking feature of its course toward the gulf. The river and its valleys belong to Nitassinan, the ancestral territory of the Innu of Ekuanitshit, whose journeys connect the inland lakes with the coast.