Wli' Qospem

Wli' Qospem, or Grand Lake, lies in the interior of western Newfoundland. Fed by numerous streams, its waters flow towards Deer Lake and the Humber River, which reaches the sea at the Bay of Islands. Mi'kmaq knowledge of the inland waterways was essential to outsiders mapping this country: James Cook's understanding of the routes between St George's Bay and Grand Lake came from Mi'kmaq informants there. The lake forms part of a broad landscape of wooded shores and water routes across the island.