The Muy River is a tributary of the east bank of the

Wetetnagami River The Wetetnagami River is a tributary of the south shore of Nicobi Lake flowing in Quebec, in Canada, overlapping the administrative areas of: *Abitibi-Témiscamingue: in Senneterre, Quebec; *Nord-du-Québec: in Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Gov ...

flowing into the

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(RCM) of

Eeyou Istchee James Bay Eeyou Istchee James Bay (french: Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, cr, ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌ ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ, italic=no ) is a local municipality in the (TE) in administrative region of . Located to the east of James Bay, Eeyou Istchee James Bay ...

, in the administrative region of

Nord-du-Québec Nord-du-Québec (; en, Northern Quebec) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula ...

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. This river crosses successively (from the upstream) the townships of Prévert, Muy and Effiat. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The Muy River Valley is served by R1015 Forest Road (North-South) passing west of the Wetetnagami River Valley; this road joins the road R1051 towards the North (East-West direction). Route R1053 (East-West) intersects the lower part of the Muy River. The surface of the Muy River is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

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At various times in history, this territory has been occupied by the

Attikamek The Atikamekw are the indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous inhabitants of the subnational Historical region, country or territory they call ('Our Land'), in the upper Saint-Maurice River valley of Quebec (about north of Montreal), Canada. ...

s, the

Algonquin Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to: Languages and peoples *Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia **Algonquin la ...

and the

Cree The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...

. The term "Muy" is a family name of French origin. The toponym "rivière Muy" was officialized on December 5, 1968, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

, when it was created.Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Muy River"
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