From the Archives: Mzinaazwinan(pictures)

Above: Log Shanty on the Coldwater Road, Orillia Township, Ontario, Titus Hibbert Ware.

Source: Toronto Public Library

Below: “Indians and Canoe, Coldwater River, Coldwater, Ontario” , Titus Hibbert Ware

Source: Toronto Public Library

Above: Page 2 of the 1852 surrender of 20 acres of Orillia Township land. The Chiefs’ doodem (clan) marks indicate their approval of the surrender.

Source: Library & Archives Canada

Below and right: Early images of the Atherley Narrows, which has been a historic meeting and gathering space for millenia, as well as the site of our village throughout history. Mnjikaning, the place of the fish fence, was and in some places remains throughout the channel and in the marshy area on the Lake Couchchiching side. Images Source: Orillia Past and Present, Facebook