Sainte-Marguerite Plateau

Inland from the north shore of the St Lawrence, the Sainte-Marguerite River descends through forested highlands towards the sea. Innu families travelled between this interior and the coast, returning by rivers such as the Sainte-Marguerite after winter on their hunting grounds. At Uashat, on the bay of Sept-Îles, summer gatherings brought families together for ceremonies, trade and preparations for the journey inland again. A fur-trading post was established on the bay in the seventeenth century.