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Meshikamau-shipu, an Innu travel route

Innu making canoes near Sheshatshiu, Labrador, around 1920; a historical image of canoe-making, not a view of the complete travel route.
Innu making canoes near Sheshatshiu, Labrador, around 1920; a historical image of canoe-making, not a view of the complete travel route. Innu making canoes near Sheshatshiu, ca. 1920 · Photo by Fred C. Sears. Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada (PA-148593). · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Meshikamau-shipu, Innu-aimun for “river to Meshikamau,” is a travel route of about 330 kilometres through rivers and lakes in Labrador, from Sheshatshiu to the Meshikamau area. Its camp sites, some dating back 3,500 years, portages and burial places reflect Innu land use and a way of life based on mobility until permanent settlement in the 1960s.

Scope & context

The travel route and what it represents, not the whole of Nitassinan or the Smallwood Reservoir’s development.

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