The aboriginal people used to trade beaver pelts for firearms and food on these ancestral lands. These vast expanses received the status of wildlife reserve to ensure their protection and to open them up to the general public. These lands are part of a large beaver reserve whose beneficiaries are the Crees. It is for this reason that hunting and fishing for certain species such as whitefish and sturgeon are reserved for the Cree communities.

Sépaq administers these wildlife reserves, while associating the aboriginal communities of these territories with their management and operation in accordance with the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement.1

Main Attractions

The immense size of the bodies of water Trophy fish Pénicouane Bay: a sandy bay extending over more than 25 km and opening up on majestic Lac Mistassini The diversity of the fish species in the same body of water. Enthusiasts can catch northern pike, walleye, lake trout and brook trout in lakes Mistassini and Albanel