Mécatina Hills

The Mécatina Hills rise behind the northern shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in a country of forest, lakes and deeply cut river valleys. The Natashquan and Little Mécatina flow south through this upland toward the gulf. Their basins belong to the Innu homeland: beside the Little Mécatina a place called Nakashkuana Kaiakuteti preserves the memory of a traditional burial ground. Rivers offered paths between the coast and the interior hunting country.