Mekwiskajk

Mekwiskajk is the Mi'kmaq name of the Terra Nova River, which drains the forested interior of Newfoundland and reaches the sea at Bonavista Bay. The name refers to red, associated with the Beothuk people. Atlantic salmon travel up the river, whose waters pass through a landscape of lakes and woods before meeting the sheltered inlets of the coast. Farther inland lies Terra Nova Lake, known in Mi'kmaq as Pekwatapaq.