Case file · Folklore / legend
The Gougou of Miscou Island
In 1603 Samuel de Champlain wrote of the Gougou, a giant man-eating woman said by the Mi'kmaq to live on an island near Chaleur Bay, now identified with Miscou Island, New Brunswick.
1603 CE · 47.93, -64.55 · status: legend
The account
Champlain heard that she carried captives off in a great pouch and that her shrieks could be heard from the island. It is one of the oldest recorded Mi'kmaq legends. William Ganong looked into it again on his 1903 survey.