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In the Cree language spring is called “Miiuuskumin”. Very close to Ouje-Bougoumou, west of Chibougamau, lies the falls of the Beaustikoo (“mighty river”) river between Lakes Opemiska and Chevrillon, a meeting point of the Eeyou Istchee nation. This photo was taken before the ill-fated wildfires that forced the evacuation of the Cree community of 900 on June 6th.
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With the return of fine weather, many visitors flock to the Kondiaronk viewpoint and the Mont Royal hut. The popular lookout point on Mount Royal was named in honor of Kondiaronk, the Huron-Wendat chief who played a crucial role in negotiating the peace treaty between the French, the Great Lakes nations and the five Iroquois nations in 1701.
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The winding road along the Gaspé coast in the Gespe’gewa’gi area leads to the municipality of Les Méchins. The latter is located in the MRC of La Matanie, considered the gateway to Gaspésie.
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At the beginning of June, from Sainte-Anne-des-Monts in the Gespeg ancestral territory, it is possible to admire from the air the still snow-capped mountains of the Gaspésie National Park, including Mont Albert.
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The eastern entrance to the picturesque village of Percé with its red sandstone cliff faces. The location is in the territory of the Mi’gmaq nation of Gespeg’ewa’gi.
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The Maison des peoples aboriginals museum in Mont-Saint-Hilaire is a place of exchange, sharing and rapprochement whose mission is to make the First Nations better known.
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On the border of the Eeyou Istchee Cree territory in James Bay and that of the Inuit in Nunavik, before the village of Kuujjuaraapik/Whapmagoostui, there is snow and ice until the end of June. At the southern end of the Merry Islands archipelago lies Manitunukw Island, “the island you can’t point your finger at” without catching a curse, according to legend!
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Mount Royal Cemetery with its fruit trees and downtown Tiohtià:ke, Montreal in the background.
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On the edge of Lac Saint-Jean (called “Piekuakami” which means “shallow lake” in the Innu language) lies the parish of Mashteuiatsh. This village is the inspiration for the book “Kukum” by indigenous author Michel Jean.
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Spring is the thaw time in the Far North. A season when landslides occur, like here near Kuujjuaraapik/Whapmagoostui, near the Great Whale River, in the Eeyou Istchee area. Many believe that the subsidence of several hectares is due to the melting of the permafrost.
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W8linak means “who goes to the bay” in Abenaki. We are in Centre-du-Québec, south of Bécancour, in territory occupied by the Abenaki First Nation.
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View of the Mohawk community of Kahnawake in Montérégie with the Mercier Bridge, Lachine Rapids and L’Île-des-Sœurs in the background
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Prior to 1981, the village of Chisasibi (‘big river’) was on Fort Georges Island, but the Cree decided to relocate because of fears at the time that the island would disappear due to the increase in the course of the La Grande, created by dams from hydro- Quebec, what has never happened before …