The fifth season is pre-winter or late fall – “pitci-pipon” in Atikamekw – which corresponds to the months of November and December. It is marked by uncertain weather and the first snow. It is also the start of the trapping and hunting season.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
The circle, as we see here at the Mount Royal cemetery in Tiohtià: ke (Montreal) under the first snow, is an omnipresent symbol among Aboriginal people.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
This small log house nestled deep in the woods under a carpet of snow, somewhere between the Atikamekw and Anishinaabe territories, perfectly represents the expression “my cabin in Canada”, which is the envy of many Europeans.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Two of the major attractions of Lake Memphremagog, in Abenaki territory: the abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac and Mount Owl’s Head, in the background.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Fresh tracks clearly indicate the beaver’s habitat. Beneath the mound lies its hut, and a hole in the newly formed ice provides access to the burrow.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Located on the banks of the Gouin reservoir, the Atikamekw community of Obedjiwan is the most isolated of this nation in Quebec. It is only accessible by a long gravel forest road of 166 km, which joins to the east with Route 167, linking Saint-Félicien to Chibougamau.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Large portions of the boreal forest burned last summer, like here a few kilometers south of Waswanipi, are still very visible. This wood is reusable if it is cut within two to five years after the fire.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Located 120 km north of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, near the mouth of the Opawica and Chibougamau rivers, Waswanipi is the southernmost Cree community in Quebec.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Lac-Simon is an Anishinaabe community, formerly called Algonquin, established on the edge of the lake of the same name, 32 kilometers east of Val-d’Or.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
The largest concentrations of gold in Quebec are found in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Flying over this region, with its valleys and cliffs, the origin of the name Val-d’Or takes on its full meaning.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
In Haute-Mauricie, on the banks of the Saint-Maurice River, is the Atikamekw community of Wemotaci, which means “the mountain from which we observe” – mountain that we see here on the right in the image .
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
In winter, moose stay in herds to better face predators like wolves. We can see five of them gathered in this same photo, on the edge of a logging road south of Wemotaci.
PHOTO YVES TREMBLAY, THE EYES OF THE SKY, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Moose hunting is an ancestral means of subsistence for First Nations. For the aerial photographer, just as for the hunter, succeeding in catching a large male is a trophy!