Mistutikumak

Mistutikumak is a Cree name meaning big whitefish, recorded for a lake in northern Manitoba. A nearby river bears the same name and belongs to a network of lakes and streams reaching the Churchill River. In this northern country, waterways wind through forest and wet ground, joining one lake to another. Whitefish give the name a character of its own, recalling the fish that have long sustained people in the inland waters.