Notre-Dame Mountains

South of the St Lawrence, the wooded Notre-Dame Mountains form part of the northern Appalachians. Rivers and portage paths gave passage through the highlands: the Grand Portage linked the St Lawrence with Lake Témiscouata and the Saint John River. In the winter of 1661–62, the Jesuit Pierre Bailloquet travelled towards the mountains with Algonquin and Innu companions, visiting the families who hunted in the interior.