Outaragasipi

Outaragasipi, the winding river, rises among the wooded heights of the Laurentians and bends south toward the Saint Lawrence. The waterway is also known by the Abenaki name Loigan Sibo, “the river that shows the way”, and by the French name L'Assomption. Indigenous travellers used it before Europeans reached the region, following its course between the forested interior and the great river. Its many bends make the journey considerably longer than the straight distance between source and mouth.