Nipissis

The Nipissis is a tributary of the Moisie, whose waters reach the north shore of the St Lawrence. Its name is thought to come from an Innu word for a small stream or body of water. Innu families used the Moisie and its tributaries to travel between the coast and hunting grounds far inland, ascending in autumn and returning in spring. The Nipissis offered one of the alternative routes through this extensive river country.