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Nemaska (Cree: namesiskâw, meaning lots of fish) is a Cree community located on the shores of Champion Lake, about 30 km west of the Whabouchi mine site, in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region (population of 712 people in 2011). Nemaska is the seat of the Grand Council of the Crees and Cree Nation Government. It is a new and modern village that consists of Cree families originally living in the vicinity of the former Nemiscau trading post on Lake Nemiscau. The community of Nemaska was indeed initially settled on the shores of that lake where a trading post was established in the early 18th century. As a result of Hydro-Quebec development projects in 1970s, the community was relocated on the shores of Champion Lake in 1978.
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