Nemaska ( Cree : ᓀᒥᔅᑳᐤ/Nemiskâw , meaning underwater point, but commonly associated with the word namesiskâw , meaning many fish .) is a small Cree community located on the shores of Lake Champion, in Quebec , Canada . It is a small Cree village with a population of 832 people at the 2021 census . Nemaska is the seat of the Grand Council of the Crees and Cree Regional Authority .
6-527: It was officially known (by the Quebec government) as Nemiscau until May 8, 2010. Nemaska is a new and modern village that consists of Cree families originally living at the Nemiscau trading post on Lake Nemiscau ( 51°19′N 76°55′W / 51.317°N 76.917°W / 51.317; -76.917 ). The settlement was abandoned in the mid-1970s when Hydro-Québec proposed hydro-electric development on
12-541: Is a semi-permanent Cree settlement in northern Quebec, Canada, on Lake Nemiscau . During the mid-twentieth century, Thomas Nelson Dodd Jr., PhD, an American professor of chemistry from St. Peter's College in New Jersey, encountered the Cree people living at Nemiscau as he was canoeing in the nearby waterways. He developed a friendship with the people, and returned every summer as a kind of one-man peace corps. During his years with
18-456: Is the former site of a Hudson's Bay Company post until 1970. The settlement was abandoned in the mid-1970s when Hydro-Québec proposed hydro-electric development on the Rupert River , which would have resulted in the flooding of the area. Its residents were dispersed to Waskaganish and Mistissini until the new community of Nemaska was built. Since the development plans have been canceled,
24-610: The Cree, he documented their spoken dialect which had never been written, as well as their customs and habits. He persuaded the Canadian government to build modern housing for the Crees, and Dr. Dodd's work was substantial enough to merit a federal grant of $ 15,000 from the American Philosophic Society in 1961. Dr. Dodd returned to Nemiscau every summer until July 1965, when he perished in a plane crash en route to Nemiscau. Nemiscau
30-493: The Rupert River, which would have resulted in the flooding of the area. The nearby Hydro-Québec electrical substation and airport, both called Nemiscau, create confusion as to the town's name. As a result, many maps indicate the new site by the old name Nemiscau. Nemaska is accessible by air (from Hydro-Québec's Nemiscau Airport ) and by car over the gravel North Road ( Route du Nord ). About 14 km (8.7 mi) east from
36-491: The village is the huge Hydro-Québec substation of Nemiscau. The Cree School Board operates the Luke Mettaweskum School ( Cree : ᓘᒃ ᒣᑕᐧᐁᔥᑲᒻ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ ). This Quebec location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nemiscau, Quebec 51°19′15″N 76°55′40″W / 51.32083°N 76.92778°W / 51.32083; -76.92778 Nemiscau (or Old Nemaska )
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