[2] They lived on L'Isle-aux-Allumettes (Allumette Island) along the Ottawa River in Quebec.

[1] Their primary village was located on Morrison Island in the Ottawa River, as well their territory was on both sides of the river in Ontario and Quebec, in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, located just to the east of Morrison Island.

[citation needed] They may have been the first Algonquin nation to meet French explorers in the early 17th century.

Because of their position on the river, they were able to charge tolls to French traders and missionaries.

[3] Chief Tessouat, noted for having one eye, decided which non-Algonquin people could travel up or down the river.