Shagamu Coast

The Shagamu River reaches Hudson Bay between the mouths of the Severn and Winisk rivers. Along this low coast, long beach ridges run parallel to the water, with countless small ponds in the hollows between them. Tidal marshes and submerged shoals extend into the bay, while heath and scattered spruce grow farther inland. Woodland caribou use the coastal ridges as calving grounds. The surrounding lowlands form part of the country of the Mushkegowuk Cree, whose routes linked the coast with the interior.