Maskotci

Maskotci is a river in the forest country of the upper Saint-Maurice, within Nitaskinan, the homeland of the Atikamekw. Lakes and streams cross the surrounding plateau, where hunting and fishing sustained travelling families. Farther north, the waters around Obedjiwan lay on canoe routes towards Lake Saint-Jean and James Bay. In 1825 competing trading companies established posts there, attracting Indigenous hunters from the surrounding interior.