Nicabau

Lake Nicabau lies on a route through the wooded interior northwest of Lac Saint-Jean. The Normandin River crosses its southern waters before continuing towards Lake Ashuapmushuan. The lake was known to Ilnu travellers and appeared as Nekouba on a map in 1661. In the late seventeenth century, trader Nicolas Peltier operated a post in the area; changes in the Tadoussac fur trade around 1690 led to its replacement by a post at Ashuapmushuan.