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This hydronym identifying this bay under the specific "Kikendatch" (graph "Kirkendatch" used in the introduction of
Description of surveyed townships ... (1889)) originated the transfer of the name of the trading post that had been established 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the Gouin Dam.
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In his 1806 diary, Jean-Baptiste
Perrault speaks of Kikèndâche. One of his sketches indicates a lake Kikèndàtche. According to Father Georges Lemoine, this name is of Algonquin origin and means where the boiler is and designates a place on the shore where the rock is dug in the form of a boiler.
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Recreotourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector. Forestry comes second. A civilian seaplane base is located at the top of the Gouin Dam.
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