Mistassini

American

[mis-tuh-see-nee] / ˌmɪs təˈsi ni /

noun

a lake in E Canada, in Quebec province. 840 sq. mi. (2,176 sq. km).

Mistassini British

/ ˌmɪstəˈsiːnɪ /

noun

a lake in E Canada, in N Quebec: the largest lake in the province; drains through the Rupert River into James Bay. Area: 2175 sq km (840 sq miles). Length: about 160 km (100 miles)

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There was an amiable picnic on the bank of the swift-flowing Mistassini.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nearby is the Mistassini dam, which he had built with 15,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

First she repeated his full name two or three times, formally, as others spoke it: Paradis, from St. Michel de Mistassini ...

From Maria Chapdelaine by Blake, W. H.

The fate of Francois Paradis was as mournfully sure as though he were buried in the cemetery at St. Michel de Mistassini to the sound of chants, with the blessing of a priest.

From Maria Chapdelaine by Blake, W. H.

Autumn found the voyageurs beyond the forested shores of the Saguenay and Lake St. John, ascending a current full of boiling cascades towards Lake Mistassini.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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