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Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching, and Georgian Bay Islands Surrender
Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching, and Georgian Bay Islands Surrender
Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching, and Georgian Bay Islands Surrender
A surrender by the Chippewa Tribe unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria of certain islands located in Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching, and Georgian Bay. These islands are to be sold by the Crown, with the proceeds invested for the use and benefit of the Indians, and an annual payment to be made from the interest. See IT 189 - Manuscript Duplicate
First Nation for whom surrendered lands are to be held in trust
Treaty Document
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paper, ink, wax, red ink
10 doodemag
Description of Land Sold:
The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians residing on the shores of Lake Couchiching, Simcoe, and Huron do hereby surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria those four islands in Lake Simcoe known by the names of Plum Island, Pa-push-quan Island, Sain-gau-be-quon-daig Island, and Esh-put-e-nang Island, and also one island in Lake Couchiching known by the name of Pumpkin Island, and also all and singular those islands lying in the Georgian Bay, Lake Huron heretofore claimed by the tribe, except for three islands lying in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron known as the Christian Islands (which six months from the date of this treaty, will be chosen by the Tribe). Her Majesty is to sell the heretofore mentioned islands for the benefit of the Chippewa Indians
Witnesses:
David Laing Sanson
Adam Paterson
John Beattie
Thomas Shilling
Joseph Nanegeshkung, Interpreter
First Nation's Signatories:
Thomas Nanegeshkung, by his son
Joseph Nanegeshkung
James Bigwind
George Young
Joseph Snake
John Aisence
Peter Gade-que-gun
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 203-205.
About This GRASAC Record
5 June 1856, Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching, and Georgian Bay Islands Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 188, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3173, accessed [date]).
This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled “Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
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Location of treaty lands