Malartic Lake

Lake Malartic is a broad widening of the Harricana River in the forest country of Abitibi. The Abitibiwinnik call it Ki8ekama Sakaikan; the Malartic and Héva rivers enter its waters before the Harricana continues through other lakes on its way north to James Bay. Anishinaabe travellers used the river as a route through the region, moving between its lakes and the tributaries that reach into the surrounding forest.