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master's house and those of the employees, the store, warehouse and facilities for melting seal oil. In the early days several thousand seals were taken each year. The catch declined in later years, but continued after
Lafontaine's bankruptcy in 1754 and after the English took over, lasting until the end of the 19th century.
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and Nétagamiou rivers. He established a fur-trading and seal-fishing post near today's
Chevery, at the mouth of the Nétagamiou River. From 1737 François Perrault operated the Nétagamiou River post in Labrador in association with Lafontaine. In 1740, François Perrault, his son Jacques Perrault and
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Seals were used for their skin, meat and oil, which was used for lighting. They were trapped by nets stretched across channels along the coast that they followed in their migration south in the fall. Traces remain of holes drilled in the rocks to hold anchors for the nets. The site also holds the
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The name was spelled Natoüacamiou in the 17th century. It was spelled
Nontagamion in a 1740 document. The name was written as Natagamiou in the 19th century and Nokatamu in the early 20th century. The name may come from the
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meaning "river widens to form a large pool of calm water". The Petit Mécatina
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The watershed covers 229 square kilometres (88 sq mi). The river forms 23 kilometres (14 mi) north, where it branches out from the
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rivers. Only young salmon could be retained on 51 rivers, and limited retention of large salmon was allowed on 19 rivers.
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Bilan de l'exploitation du saumon au Québec en 2017
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504:Portrait préliminaire de la zone ... OBVD
475:Rivière Nétagamiou, Ressources naturelles
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801:Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
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16:River in Quebec, Canada
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280:Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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552:Chevery, what to know
388:Salvelinus fontinalis
177:50.673012; -59.603468
143:Little Mecatina River
860:Administrative units
362:, and the intendant
315:Petit Mécatina River
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678:Tourisme Côte-Nord
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308:Harrington Harbour
271:Rivière Nétagamiou
25:Rivière Nétagamiou
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384:Brook trout
230: /
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69:Native name
1210:Nutashkuan
1200:Matimekosh
1190:Maliotenam
1185:La Romaine
1083:La Romaine
1021:Coacoachou
976:Nétagamiou
961:Saint-Paul
807:2019-09-28
788:2019-09-28
772:2019-09-28
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631:2019-09-28
416:Coacoachou
356:New France
336:natuakamiu
332:nétagamiou
300:La Romaine
251:Basin size
218:59°36′26″W
215:50°28′10″N
163:59°36′12″W
160:50°40′23″N
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1139:Côte-Nord
1052:Departure
1026:Chécatica
1001:Kécarpoui
946:Étamamiou
674:"Chevery"
368:Étamamiou
276:Côte-Nord
114:Côte-Nord
1250:Category
1215:Pessamit
1165:Minganie
1066:Airports
1057:Musquaro
986:Musquaro
981:Napetipi
350:In 1734
286:Location
102:Province
89:Location
1180:Essipit
1078:Kegaska
1073:Chevery
1006:Kegaska
971:Olomane
659:Chevery
612:Sources
540:Standen
528:Mathieu
408:Bouleau
400:Malbaie
379:Fishing
304:Chevery
94:Country
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1205:Mingan
1031:Brador
1016:Coxipi
412:Magpie
266:French
243:Length
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110:Region
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97:Canada
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430:Notes
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