Mistassiniish

Mistassiniish is the Cree name for the long lake east of Lake Mistassini, known in French as Lake Albanel. The Témiscamie River reaches its eastern shore, and its waters continue towards Mistassini and the Rupert River. In 1672, on an island in the lower Témiscamie, the Jesuit Charles Albanel met Sebisaouat, an elder chief of the Mistassini people, during his journey towards James Bay. The lake later took the missionary's name.