ID: 530
Longitude: -60.1417
Latitude: 53.5209
Pronunciation: ʃeʃa:tʃu:
Translation: Great Inlet
Official Name: Sheshatshiu
Feature: Indian reserve
Explanation:
This place name appeared for the first time in writing in Louis Jolliet's travel account of 1694 as Quichesaquiou. At that time, it seems to have refered to Lake Melville as a whole. In later documents it was spelled Kessessakiou.
This place name appeared for the first time in writing in Louis Jolliet's travel account of 1694 as Quichesaquiou. At that time, it seems to have refered to Lake Melville as a whole. In later documents it was spelled Kessessakiou.