For generations, family fishing—including commercial fishing—has been an important component of the Upper Great Lakes’ Northern Lake...

The Laramees were among Penetanguishene’s founding Métis families who relocated from Drummond Island alongside other members of their...

The Longlade (Langlade) family was among Penetanguishene’s founding Métis families who relocated from Drummond Island alongside other...

Upper Great Lakes Métis settlements, like those in Sault Ste. Marie and Penetanguishene share deep enduring connections, including unbroken kinship, political, economic, and cultural ties—with many Métis families flowing between Upper Great Lakes Métis settlements across generations. The prominent Métis Boissonneau (Boissoneau or Boissineault) family, most often closely associated with the historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Community’s traditional Métis River Lots, is one such U

The Turner family, originally of Moose Factory, in what is now Ontario, lived and travelled across vast stretches of the historic fur...

Every Mother’s Day, Métis families and communities across the Homeland take time to honour and celebrate the Métis matriarchs in their...