Nunatonowago

Nunatonowago is a rapid on the Hayes River northeast of Knee Lake. Its Cree name refers to looking or searching, and the place is also known as Lookout Rapids. The Hayes winds through a succession of lakes and difficult waters before reaching Hudson Bay. Long used by Indigenous travellers, it later became a major fur-trade route between the interior and York Factory, demanding care and skill from the canoe crews passing its rapids.