Onistagane

Lake Onistagane lies on the Péribonka River, deep in the forested country north of Lac Saint-Jean. It was an Ilnu gathering place and a link in routes crossing the interior; a portage led towards Lake Manouane. A local story tells of a family that exhausted its provisions while searching the marshes for that portage. Farther upstream, the Grande Loutre River formed part of a canoe route connecting the Péribonka with Lake Témiscamie.