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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Mistassini

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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 W. H. Blake

When the good man died I sold everything, and since then I have been nearly all the time in the woods, trapping or bartering with the Indians of Lake Mistassini and the Riviere aux Foins.

From Maria Chapdelaine by W. H. Blake

From Mistassini, the course was down-stream and easier.

From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

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