Valin Mountains

The Valin Mountains rise above the north side of the Saguenay valley. Their altitude brings a harsher climate than the lowlands below, and rivers descend through the forested massif towards the Saguenay. The country around nearby Lake Onatchiway formed part of the hunting and trapping grounds of Innu bands for centuries. A river winding through the mountains appears as the Rivière à Valin on Father Laure's map of 1731 and on Nicolas Bellin's map of 1744.