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Mistissini (Cree for Big Rock) is a Cree town located in the south-east corner of the largest natural lake in Quebec, Lake Mistassini (120 km long by 30 km wide). The town is inside the bounderies of the Baie-James Municipality, and is the largest Cree community with a population of around 4000 people. The surface area of the town is 1380 km² (Category I land, as defined in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement)

Mistissini is part of the Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee) and the Cree Regional Authority. The Cree School Board and the Cree Construction Company have their headoffices here.

The town is about 100 km north-east from the town of Chibougamau and connected by road that is only partially paved at this time.

Mistissini originated on a site where French merchants established a fur trading post and was also known as Mistassini and Baie-du-Poste.

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