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
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