Eastmain

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Eastmain ᐄᔅᒣᐃᓐ (Îsmein)
Terre réservée crie (Cree reserved land)
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Coordinates: 52°15′N 78°30′W / 52.250°N 78.500°W / 52.250; -78.500Coordinates: 52°15′N 78°30′W / 52.250°N 78.500°W / 52.250; -78.500[2]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Nord-du-Québec
Territory	Eeyou Istchee
Area [1][3]
• Total	160.43 km2 (61.94 sq mi)
• Land	148.99 km2 (57.53 sq mi)
Population
• Total	924[1]
Website	Eastmain.ca

Eastmain (Quebec French pronunciation: ​[iːstmẽɪ̯̃]; Cree: ᐄᔅᒣᐃᓐ/Îsmein) is a Cree community located on east coast of James Bay at the mouth of the Eastmain River, Quebec, Canada. It is a small coastal Cree village with a population of 924 people in the 2021 Canadian Census up from 866 people at the 2016 Canadian Census.^[1] Its alternate Cree name is ᐙᐸᓅᑖᐤ/Wâpanûtâw, meaning Lands east of James Bay.

Like the other coastal villages on Hudson and James Bay, Eastmain was settled around a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, which was originally called East Main House. Some Cree settled there for ease in trading.

Eastmain is accessible by air (Eastmain River Airport) and by car over a gravel road linking it to the James Bay Road.

The Eastmain community was greatly affected by the James Bay Project, which in 1980 diverted 90% of the Eastmain River to the La Grande River.

Education[]

Wabannutao Eeyou School

The Cree School Board operates the Wabannutao Eeyou School (Cree: ᐧᐋᐸᓅᑖᐤ ᐄᔨᔫ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ).^[4]

See also[]

• Grand Council of the Crees

References[]

External links[]

• Cree Nation of Eastmain^{[permanent dead link]}
• Cree Communities of Quebec

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