Waskaganish means "little house" in Cree. It has two school facilities: Ecole Annie Whiskeychan School (primary) and Ecole Wiinibekuu School (secondary). Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ...
In 1686 the French captured the fort from the English and not until 1776 did the HBC reestablish a post here. From then on until the early 1900's, Fort Rupert was an important trading location, supplying inland communities and other posts via the Rupert River with regular canoe brigades. The Fur Brigade were convoys of Canadian fur trappers who travelled between trading posts, usually via by canoe or horse (mainly during the early 19th century). ...
In 1954, a year for which figures are available, the factory built four wood-canvas models: 16-foot Rupert, 18-foot Roberval, 20-foot Rupert and 23-foot Rupert.
The factory, though less formal in operation, began in the nineteenth century building birchbark canoes for brigade use.
It was a move taken out of necessity as the number of inland posts supplied out of Rupert grew in number.
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