Emish
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Sheshin Rich cleaning a porcupine at Emish. Photo courtesy Kanishte Poker.
1990 - 2002
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Sheshin Rich cleaning a porcupine at Emish. Photo courtesy Kanishte Poker.
ID: 254
Longitude: -61.8975
Latitude: 56.2544
Pronunciation: emisPronunciation
Translation: Amos
Official Name: Voisey's Bay
Feature: bay (ocean)

Explanation:
Emish is an Innu name which could refer either to Amos Voisey (1817-1887), an Englishman from Plymouth, or to his grandson also named Amos (1882-1948), who was born in Voisey's Bay. Which of these two men settled in the area and gave his name to the bay is unclear.