Mitis

The Mitis River reaches the southern shore of the St. Lawrence between Rimouski and Matane. Wolastoqiyik and Mi'kmaq people visited its mouth, where salmon and eels could be caught, and the river led inland toward their wider territories. In 1675 the French granted the seigneury of Mitis to Jean-Baptiste de Peiras; other grants followed near the river. Settlement on these lands developed slowly, becoming more substantial only in the early nineteenth century.