Waswanipi
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Quebec /
Chapais /
Route 113
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village, hamlet
The modern community of Waswanipi is located on Highway $ 113 along Waswanipi River and is accessible by road. Waswanipi means "Light on the Water", it describes the past when the Cree used the torch light fuelled by pine tar, to spear and catch sturgeon that had gathered to spawn at the mouth of Waswanipi River.
As the southernmost Cree community, Waswanipi is the gateway to Northern Quebec.
Website: www.waswanipi.com/
As the southernmost Cree community, Waswanipi is the gateway to Northern Quebec.
Website: www.waswanipi.com/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waswanipi,_Quebec
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Coordinates: 49°41'47"N 75°57'49"W