Matabichuan

The Matabitchuan River flows through the forested country west of Lake Temiskaming, joining the lake and the upper Ottawa watershed. Its waters formed part of a network of Indigenous canoe routes. French traders established a post near the mouths of the Matabitchuan and Montreal rivers in 1679, opening direct commerce with the Nipissing and Timiskaming peoples. The lake became a meeting place for inland hunters and merchants carrying goods and furs along the Ottawa River.