Mistassini

American  

[mis-tuh-see-nee] / ˌmɪs təˈsi ni /

noun

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

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Mistassini British  

/ ˌmɪstəˈsiːnɪ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Inland sanctuaries should be made near Hamilton inlet, in the Mingan and Mistassini districts and up the Eastmain river.

From Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 by Wood, William Charles Henry

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.

As they approached Lake Mistassini, the Lake Indians again opposed their free passage down the rivers.

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 Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)