Mistimakan

Mistimakan is an island on the eastern side of James Bay, within the Cree homeland of Eeyou Istchee. Its low shores face a shallow sea where tides uncover extensive flats and winter ice closes the coast. Migrating geese, ducks and shorebirds gather along the bay, while rivers from the wooded interior enter between its islands and inlets. The Cree name identifies one place within a coastline shaped by seasonal movement of water, ice and wildlife.