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Their original homeland extended to Georgian Bay of Lake Huron and Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada and occupied territory around the western part of the lake. The Wyandotte Nation (the U.S. Tribe) descends from remnants of the Tionontati (or Tobacco/Petun) people, who did not belong to the Wendat (Huron) Confederacy. However, the Wyandotte have ...
Karegnondi is a word from the Petan Indian language meaning "lake" [fj 2] [fj 3] and another early name for Lake Huron. [fj 2] [1] Background
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,007 square miles (59,590 km 2)—of which 9,103 square miles (23,580 km 2) lies in Michigan and 13,904 square miles (36,010 km 2) lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth (or the fourth-largest lake, if the Caspian Sea ...
Ontwa – after an Indian maiden who lived in Detroit. [54] Oshtemo – Potawatomi word meaning "headwaters". [55] Shared with the township of Oshtemo in Kalamazoo County. Ossineke – Indian word "zhingaabewasiniigigaabawaad" meaning "where the image stones stood". [56] Township of Ossineke; Otisco – Indian word or unclear origin. [57]
The Ojibwe expanded eastward, taking over the lands along the eastern shores of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. In 1745, they adopted guns from the British in order to repel the Dakota people in the Lake Superior area, pushing them to the south and west. In the 1680s the Ojibwa defeated the Iroquois who dispersed their Huron allies and trading ...
Manitoulin Island (/ ˌ m æ n ə ˈ t uː l ɪ n / MAN-ə-TOO-lin) is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario, in the bioregion known as Laurentia. With an area of 2,766 km 2 (1,068 sq mi), it is the largest lake island in the world, large enough that it has over 100 lakes itself.
Ontario - Huron/ Wyandot. Named for Lake Ontario. Comes from Huron word which means Lake. Pataskala - Lenape. Unknown (May be of Siouan origin?) Piqua – Shawnee Pekowi, name of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee. Pusheta - Shawnee. Named after a local Chief. [27] Pusheta Creek; Powhatan Point - name of an Algonquian tribe from Virginia ...
Kettle & Stony Point First Nation (Ojibwe: Wiiwkwedong Anishinaabek, meaning: "in/at the bay") [2] comprises the Kettle Point reserve and Stony Point Reserve (which is under remedial cleanup after over 50 years of occupation by the Canadian Armed Forces), both located approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, on the southern shore of Lake Huron.