2006
Etuat-shipiss named after Manitesh (Etuat Rich), founder of the Rich family. He was employed by the HBC post at Tshishe-shatshu from 1869 to 1876. Photo courtesy Peter Armitage.
ID: 503
Longitude: -61.1163
Latitude: 53.1098
Pronunciation: etuət-ʃi:pi:s
Translation: Edward River (small)
Official Name: Edward's Brook (not on maps but on road sign)
Feature: river
Explanation:
Named after the late Edward Rich (known among the Innu as Manitesh) who was employed by the HBC post at Sheshatshiu from 1869 to 1876. He spent summers salmon-fishing for the Company and winters hunting at the mouth of a brook flowing into Churchill River. The old name for this brook was Ukaumau-shipiss which was named after Ukaumau-nipi ('Mother Lake') from which it flows.
Named after the late Edward Rich (known among the Innu as Manitesh) who was employed by the HBC post at Sheshatshiu from 1869 to 1876. He spent summers salmon-fishing for the Company and winters hunting at the mouth of a brook flowing into Churchill River. The old name for this brook was Ukaumau-shipiss which was named after Ukaumau-nipi ('Mother Lake') from which it flows.