Manicouagan

Manicouagan lies in the northern forest around a long lake and the river that carries its waters toward the St. Lawrence. This inland country is part of the homeland of the Innu. In the summer of 1664, the Jesuit Henri Nouvel accompanied an Innu party from the coast into the interior. After travelling by river and carrying their canoes between waterways, they reached Lake Manicouagan, where Nouvel met Papinachois who had come to trade with people from the St. Lawrence.