Waswanipi

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Waswanipi is in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec (Canada).

Population

1,473

Time zone

America/Toronto

Coordinates

49.7335, -76.1660

Waswanipi is a Cree community in the Eeyou Istchee territory of central Quebec, Canada, located along Route 113 and near the confluence of the Chibougamau and Waswanipi Rivers. It has a population of 459 people. Waswanipi is a compound word composed of wâswân and -pî (lake), meaning "torch-fishing lake" but colloquially translated as "light over the water" referring to the traditional night-time fishing method of luring fish to light by using torches.

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