The James Bay territory consists of more than 300,000 km2 (1/5 of the province of Québec) extending from the 49th to the 55th parallel. More than 15,000 Cree live in nine coastal and inland communities: Chisasibi, Eastmain, Mistissini, Nemaska, Oujé-Bougoumou, Waswanipi, Waskaganish, Wemindji and Whapmagoostui.
Historically, the James Bay Cree were two distinct regional groups that were joined by economics and kinship. Five thousand years later, the Cree still refer to these two groups as wiinibeyk iiyuu (“salt water person”), and nuuchcimiihc iiyuu (“inland person”).
Whapmagoostui
Only accessible by plane. Google Map
Chisasibi
1466 km from Montreal. Google Map
Wemindji
1394 km from Montreal. Google Map
Eastmain
1232 km from Montreal. Google Map
Waskaganish
1130 km from Montreal. Google Map
Nemaska
1033 km from Montreal. Google Map
Waswanipi
820 km from Montreal. Google Map
Oujé-bougoumou
732 km from Montreal. Google Map
Mistissini
795 km from Montreal. Google Map