A sweeping statement, perhaps suspect by having been made by a native son. The evidence however supports the superlative. No other river sees as many angler days, produced as many Atlantic salon, or offers such a length of fishable water. Why the Montagnais word stuck, except perhaps that it was easier to pronounce and write, is a mystery.
Many great rivers are fully of the wilderness.
Not so the Miramichi. Much of its lower valley has been inhabited for three centuries. The valley's people are as important to the river's story as the great silver fish which brought it angling fame. The Miramichi is actually a river system located in New Brunswick, one of Canada's east coast provinces. From there the river flows to a rendezvous with Miramichi Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.