Waskaganish
Waskaganish is a Cree community of over 2,500 people at the mouth of the Rupert River on the south-east shore of James Bay in Nord-du-Québec, Canada. Waskaganish is part of the territory referred to as "Eeyou Istchee" encompassing the traditional territories of Cree people in the James Bay regions of what is now Northern Quebec and Ontario.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 1,840 residents
- Description: Cree reserved land in Quebec, Canada
- Neighbors: Baie-James
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waskaganish.
Waskaganish
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Waskaganish is a Cree village municipality in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec; it has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Naskapi village municipalities, northern villages), and ordinary villages.
Waskaganish
- Category: Cree reserved land
- Location: Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Northern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cree to Turkish—“Waskaganish” goes by many names.
- Cree: “ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑲᓂᔥ”
- Estonian: “Waskaganish”
- Estonian: “Wâskâhîkaniš”
- French: “Waskaganish (terre reservee cri)”
- French: “Waskaganish”
- Swedish: “Waskaganish”
- Turkish: “Waskaganish”
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