Have you ever wondered who first defined points of the land we call Sault Ste Marie and even named a few of our first streets?
Well, I'm going to tell you...
I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in Robinson-Huron Treaty territory and that the land on which we are gathered is the traditional territory of the Anishnaabeg, specifically the Garden River and Batchewana First Nations, as well as Métis People.
Throughout this story, I tried my best to find resources to fill in the gaps of the story in regard to the indigenous people who inhabited this land before us. I spoke with the people at the Algoma University Library and Collections, to see what they had on the matter and I will share some of the knowledge gained from their resources. I still feel unclear on the story from the indigenous point of view as all my resources are written from settlers' points of view. But I will share what I have found and maybe we can work together to fill in the gaps in this story dating back 177 years ago
I also turned this episode into a blog post, so you can follow along with some visuals of the maps! Go to saultmuseum.ca under discover and fin our Museum Musings page filled with short blog-style posts of influential people events and places.
