Nichicun

Nichicun lies in the far interior near the northern end of the lake of the same name. Together with Lake Naococane to the south, Lake Nichicun feeds the upper waters of La Grande Rivière, which flows west to James Bay. In 1816 John and Thomas Isbister established a Hudson's Bay Company post at the lake. Naskapi hunters came there to exchange furs for goods, connecting the distant lake country with the company's trading network.