La Romaine, Quebec

La Romaine (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔmɛn]), also known as Unamenshipit in Innu-aimun and designated Romaine 2,[4] is an Innu First Nations reserve in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, at the mouth of the Olomane River on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Directly adjacent to the reserve is the community of La Romaine consisting of a small French-speaking population.

[5] Since time immemorial, the Innu indigenous people would leave their inland winter hunting grounds to gather at the mouth of the Olomane River during the summer.

Around 1850, French Canadians from elsewhere in Quebec began to settle the area, and gradually concentrating in La Romaine when several smaller outposts were abandoned.

Mother tongues of the residents on the reserve are:[12] The local economy is based mostly on arts and handicrafts, trapping, outfitters and tourism.