- Wemindji, Quebec
Wemindji is a small
Cree community onPaint Hills Bay offJames Bay at the mouth of theMaquatua River inQuebec ,Canada . The community has a population of 1238 people (2001 Canada census).Wemindji (Cree for "red ochre mountain") gets its name from the red pigment found in the hills surrounding it. It has also been known as "Nouveau-Comptoir".
Wemindji is a fairly new community comprising Cree families originally living at the trading post on an island in the Vieux-Comptoir River, known as "Vieux-Comptoir" or its English equivalent "Old Factory". This post was founded in the seventeenth century and was alternately under British or French control. In 1959 the community was relocated about 45 km north to its present location. The current chief is Rodney Mark.
Wemindji is accessible by air (
Wemindji Airport ) and, since 1995, by car over a gravel road linking it to theRoute de la Baie James .ee also
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Hudson's Bay Company
*Grand Council of the Crees External links
* [http://www.wemindji-nation.qc.ca/ Cree Nation of Wemindji] official website
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