Misha Shipu

Mishta-shipu, the 'great river' of the Innu, runs east across Labrador to Lake Melville. Its long course passes lakes, rapids and waterfalls on the way from the interior to the coast. For Innu families it was an important route through Nitassinan, linking hunting grounds and camps across a wide river country. In 1836 the Hudson's Bay Company opened a post at North West River near Lake Melville, where Innu brought furs to trade.