Wayagamac

Wayagamac, a name meaning “round lake”, lies in the wooded country east of the Saint-Maurice River. It receives the waters of Little Wayagamac and drains westward through the Little Bostonnais River into the Saint-Maurice. The Atikamekw occupied the wider river basin when a French trading post was founded at Trois-Rivières in 1634. Their light birchbark canoes were well suited to travelling among its many lakes and streams.