Mushuau

Mushuau is the country of the Mushuau Innu, whose hunting grounds extend across the interior of the Labrador Peninsula. Their name recalls the treeless lands of the north, and the long lake of Mushuau Nipi on the George River lies at the heart of their territory. Caribou were central to life here; hunters could approach swimming animals by canoe and spear them at crossings. In 1830 and 1831 the Hudson's Bay Company established posts at Fort Chimo and Davis Inlet, on opposite sides of the peninsula.