Mécatina Plateau

The Mécatina uplands form a rolling, rocky plateau cut by deep river valleys in southern Labrador. Black spruce grows above a ground cover of dwarf birch, Labrador tea, mosses and lichens, while caribou and other animals range through the forest. The Little Mécatina River begins in the highlands east of Atikonak Lake and flows south towards the Gulf of St Lawrence. Its name comes from an Innu word meaning 'large mountain', a reminder of the people who travelled and hunted across this country.