WATER – ADVANCED
Instructions: Click the water droplets on the map to learn Indigenous place names across what is now Canada.

KipukKak Bay - Frothy Water

Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Aklavik – Barren ground grizzly place

Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Snuneymuxw - The Great People

hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
Kamloops - The meeting of waters

Shuswap
Notokew sîpîsis – Notukeu Creek – Old Woman

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Wâpimahkâaskâw or Mamahkâskâw - Wabasca-Desmarais - Body of water with whitecaps

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Kipahikanihk - Qu’Appelle – The river that calls

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Nîsochiwan sipi - Echimamish River – Water flowing both ways

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Kahionhakowa - Grand River - Willow River for the many willows in the watershed

Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
Iroquoian Language Family
Chicoutimi - The end of the deep water

Montagnais
Algonquian Language Family
Magaguadavic Lake – Lake of eels

Mi'kmaq
Maskwacîs - Bear Hills

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Wâpamon Sakahikan - Wabamun Lake – Mirror

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Tawatinaw – River which divides the hills

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Nunavut - Our Land

Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Mta’qanejk - Tignish River – Paddle Place

Mi'kmaq