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the form "Baye des Gachek8illasses". By modifying its primitive form in order to facilitate its use, the first explorers perpetuated this
Amerindian term meaning "grasslands" or "rushes". For some, it is actually cattails. Several orthographic variants exist for this appellation, in particular: Kascouia, Kaskauia, Kaskovia, Kaskouia and Kashkouia. Other Amerindian spelling noted: Kashkouillasses.
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One of the first known mentions of the Innu word "Cascaouia" is attributed to the surveyor Joseph-Laurent
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Cascouia River, becoming a lake pass. The Cascouia River is located in the former municipality of
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374:The Cascouia river valley is served by the
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80:Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
16:River in Quebec, Canada
618:Saint Lawrence estuary
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476:where the
230:71°26′42″W
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388:Geography
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647:See also
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474:Larouche
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