Tchitogama

Tchitogama, or Shetakamau in the language of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh, is a long, narrow lake opening into the Péribonka River. Its name evokes a lake enclosed between high rocky shores. The Péribonka leads south to Pekuakami, or Lac Saint-Jean, and north into the forested interior. In 1679 the Jesuit François de Crespieul recorded the river's name near its mouth; traders and missionaries later travelled it to meet Indigenous hunters along its course.