Pessamit
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Pessamit (formerly Betsiamites, or Bersimis), is a First Nations reserve and Innu community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located about southwest from Baie-Comeau along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Betsiamites River. It is across the river directly north of Rimouski, Quebec. It belongs to the Pessamit Innu Band.
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- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Manicouagan
- Population
- 2428
- Area
- 245.54
- Shares border with
- Rivière-aux-Outardes
- Official website
- www.pessamit.ca
- Image
- Betsiamites.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pessamit First Nation
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Pessamit (formerly Betsiamites, or Bersimis), is a First Nations reserve and Innu community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located about southwest from Baie-Comeau along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Betsiamites River. It is across the river directly north of Rimouski, Quebec. It belongs to the Pessamit Innu Band.
The reserve includes the communities of Betsiamites and Papinachois.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pessamit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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