Wekusko Upland

Wekusko Lake lies on the Grass River amid the forests of northern Manitoba. Its Cree name refers to herbs or sweetgrass; mint growing along the shore was associated with the name. West of the lake the river descends through Wekusko Falls, a succession of rapids and falls. The Grass River was an important canoe route: in 1763 Joseph Smith travelled it towards Cranberry Portage and the Saskatchewan River system, following waterways already known to Indigenous peoples.