 Osheaga is a title given to the particular region of Canada now known as Montreal.The name is first attested in written records by Jacques Cartier, one of the first European settlers there, when he communicated with the local St. Lawrence Iroquoian people, and recorded the name of their settlement as Hochelaga.Most linguists have ascribed the name to a francisation of either "osekare", meaning "beaver path" or "beaver dam", or "osheaga", meaning "big rapids" in reference to the nearby Lachine Rapids.