Solomon Family: Voyage to PenetanguisheneThe Solomons were one of the first Métis families to battle the rough fall waters of Georgian Bay from Drummond Island to...
Louis George Labatte’s War StoriesMany Indigenous people and nations in the Upper Great Lakes allied with and fought alongside the British Army during the War of 1812....
The “Mode of Excluding Half-Breeds”In 1842, the British officially codified the means to exclude Métis from present-giving—the Crown’s longstanding pre-treaty practice used...
The 1840 Penetanguishene PetitionIn the late 1830s, the Crown began excluding “Halfbreeds” from annual present-giving—a longstanding pre-treaty practice used to maintain...
Lewis Solomon: Stories of Métis ConnectionsThe families which make up Georgian Bay Métis Community have deep and enduring connections amongst each other, as well as with other...
The Labatte Family’s Journey to PenetanguisheneThe Labattes were among the Métis families who were relocated to Penetanguishene from Drummond Island following the British ceding the...