The Wetetnagami River is a tributary of the south shore of
Nicobi Lake flowing in
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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, overlapping the administrative areas of:
*
Abitibi-Témiscamingue: in
Senneterre, Quebec
Senneterre is a town in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, Canada. It is in the Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The town's territory includes a vast undeveloped area stretching from the Bell River to the M ...
;
*
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 Peninsu ...
: in
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James.
This river successively crosses the townships of Charrette, Adhémar, Labrie, Moquin, Effiat and Muy. The surface of the Wetetnagami River is generally frozen from early December to late April. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second.
The Wetetnagami River Valley is served by the R1015 forest road (North-South direction) and the R1051 (East-West direction).
The proposed
etetnagami Lake Biodiversity Reserveextends to in the eastern part of
Senneterre, Quebec
Senneterre is a town in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, Canada. It is in the Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The town's territory includes a vast undeveloped area stretching from the Bell River to the M ...
, on the west side of the
Gouin Reservoir. The territory of the reserve feeds the Wetetnagami River, as well as the lake of the same name and Lake Achepabanca. Many recreational and tourist activities are allowed on this reserve.
Geography
History
Formerly this territory was occupied according to the periods by the
Attikameks, 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 ...
s and the
Cree.
The toponym "Wetetnagami River" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec, when it was created.
Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Wetetnagami River"
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See also
References
External links
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Rivers of Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Rivers of Nord-du-Québec
Nottaway River drainage basin
Val-d'Or
Eeyou Istchee James Bay