Matoueska

The Madawaska River runs east from the wooded uplands to the Ottawa, joining the greater river near Arnprior. Its watershed was associated with the Matouweskarini, or Madawaska people, one of the Anishinaabe-speaking groups of the Ottawa valley. Their neighbours included the Kichesipirini on the Ottawa and the Kinouchebiriniouek in the Bonnechere country. The rivers connected communities whose alliances and exchanges extended across the forested interior.