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Missinaibi Lake (Cree: masinâpôy sâkahikan, ᒪᓯᓈᐴᔾ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) is a lake in Ontario, Canada, [1] about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Chapleau. It is the source of the Missinaibi River , which drains the lake at the northeastern point and flows northeastward into the Moose River . [ 2 ]
The nation is named after Missinaibi River and Lake, around which the traditional territory of the nation is located. The name "Missanabie" means "Pictured Water", referring to pictographs found on rock faces along Missinaibi River. The communities' mother tongue is Moose Cree, also referred to as the "L-dialect" of Cree language.
He selected a better location at the outflow of Missinaibi Lake and called it Missinaibi Lake House. It was occupied each summer until it burnt in 1780. The site was re-occupied from 1817 until about 1821. It was reopened in the early 1870s and in 1879 renamed New Brunswick House. When the railroad was built just north of the lake in 1912-13 ...
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It heads past the settlement and railway point of Fire River, heads again northeast into geographic Puskuta Township [7] then northeast into geographic Ericson Township, [8] enters Missinaibi Provincial Park, and reaches its mouth at the Missinaibi River. The Missinaibi River flows via the Moose River to James Bay.
After the completion of 2 more east-west railways through northern Ontario (the Canadian Northern Railway and the National Transcontinental Railway) in 1912, the inland HBC posts along the Missinaibi River were no longer needed, and the Missanabie post became more important as HBC's supply hub, taking over this role from Moose Factory. On June ...
The Mattagami River is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada.. The Mattagami flows 443 kilometres (275 mi) from its source at Mattagami Lake in geographic Gouin Township [1] in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, on the Canadian Shield southwest of Timmins, [2] to Portage Island in geographic Gardiner Township [3] in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District, in the Hudson Bay ...
Hauraki Gulf map is my own creation. New Zealand map is an edited copy of File:New Zealand location map.svg. The world map is an edited copy of File:New Zealand on the globe (Antarctica claims hatched) (New Zealand centered).svg. Author: Michal Klajban