Mistecapiu

Mistecapiu, an Innu name meaning “steep rock”, belongs to a river and lake in the wooded country north of the St Lawrence. The river descends towards the estuary through a course broken by rapids. French maps later called it the Pentecôte: the name appears on a map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin in 1744. The Innu name recalls the rocky landscape through which the waters run to the coast.