They were a nomadic group of hunter - gatherers , whose traditional territory straddled a large segment of what is now northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec .
The first recorded reference to the native people about Lake Abitibi was in The Jesuit Relations in 1640 .
people were a nomadic group of hunter - gatherers , whose traditional territory straddled a large segment of what is now northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec .
The first recorded reference to the native people about Lake Abitibi was in The Jesuit Relations in 1640 .