Hunting in Peawanuck

Three sisters, Annie Wabano, Jean Hunter and Theresa Kakekaspan, loaded their boat and set off from Peawanuck, ON, along the Winisk River for a weekend of camping, fishing, and hunting at Shamattawa Lake, located roughly 100 kilometres south of Peawanuck. All three were raised in the Shamattawa Lake area and Theresa Kakekaspan and Annie Wabano were both born there. Theresa Kakekaspan now lives in Matheson, ON and came to Peawanuck for a visit before heading out on the Labour Day weekend to see the place she was born and raised. It has been years since she’s seen the place of her birth. During their trip Jean Hunter harvested a bull caribou and on their way back from the lake Theresa Kakekaspan wrote names of tributaries that flow into the Shamattawa River on one of her gloves, since there was no paper to write on.