Quebec seen from the air | The six indigenous seasons: autumn

In autumn – Takwakin in Atikamekw – bright colors dominate. It’s the preparation period for returning to the family territory – the leaves are falling from the trees, it’s moose and caribou hunting. Nothing will be lost. All parts of the animal will be recovered. Everything will regenerate. The great wheel of life turns and prepares us for winter.




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The streams end their flow on the bank of the Côte-Nord all along the river, like here on a beach between Maliotenam and Rivière-au-Tonnerre.


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In the forest near Baie-Comeau there is an impressive pile of shells, itself shaped like a scallop, called the Valley of the Shells, a vestige of the Goldwaith Sea which covered the Nitassinan 6,000 years ago.


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In Quebec, the cranberry harvest is in full swing throughout the month of October. The fields are flooded with water and a thresher brings the small fruits to the surface, making harvesting easier, as here in the Lanaudière region, near Lavaltrie.


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At the junction of the Magog and Saint-François rivers (Alsig8ntegw in Abenaki) are the “Grandes Fourches”, a meeting place which was frequented by the natives and which served as a relay. It was at this precise location that the city of Sherbrooke was founded.


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Edges of fog on a misty morning above Lake Memphremagog (Mamlhawbagak in Abenaki) make Mount Orford even more majestic.


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Between Knowlton and Austin, near Bolton, in the Eastern Townships, is the extraordinary Baker Pond. And at this time of year, nature reveals its most beautiful colors.


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Flying over the St. Lawrence valley between small showers, like here between Bécancour and Trois-Rivières, near Wôlinak, allows you to encounter one of the most pleasant atmospheric phenomena.


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South of Nicolet, in Abenaki territory, the Amédée-Béliveau stream makes major detours before flowing into the St. Lawrence River.


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With the Beaupré coast on the horizon, Cape Diamant stands on the heights of Quebec, “where the river narrows”. Surrounding it are the points of Sillery, Lévis and Île d’Orléans.


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The Mohawk community of Kahnawake, south of Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), is surrounded by wetlands which reveal a real explosion of color at the start of autumn.


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In Kahnawake, in Montérégie, several buildings bear the name of Kateri Tekakwitha, a young Mohawk who, on October 21, 2012, became the very first indigenous person in North America to be canonized.


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