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Dog Lake is a lake in northwestern Ontario, [1] Canada which drains south through the Kaministiquia River to Thunder Bay on Lake Superior. It was on the voyageur route to western Canada. Its name comes from a large aboriginal effigy of a dog on a nearby hill. The lake is primarily fed by Dog River and seasonal melting of the
In 2008 Missanabie turned down an offer of $30 million from Canada. In 2011, on August 17, The Missanabie Cree First Nation and the Government of Ontario signed an agreement to provide the Nation with 15 square miles (39 km 2) of land as an initial allotment of a total 70 square miles (180 km 2) to which they are entitled under Treaty 9. [4]
From the outlet of Dog Lake, the Michipicoten River flows south through a series of large lakes: Manitowik and Whitefish. Then it flows mostly west to Lake Superior. There are four hydroelectric generating stations on this last section of the river (operated by Brookfield Power Inc. ), and at its mouth is the Michipicoten Provincial Park that ...
In fur trade days the Missinaibi was the main route between James Bay and Lake Superior. The route was: James Bay, Moose Factory, Moose River, Missinaibi River, Missinaibi Lake, portage probably via Crooked Lake, Dog Lake, Michipicoten River to Fort Michipicoten on Lake Superior. Trade was contested by the English from the north and the French ...
Dog River is a river located northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It enters the northern end of Big Dog Lake and drains at the southern end, continuing to Little Dog Lake and then to its confluence with the Matawin River to form Kaministiquia River. The name "Kaministiquia" comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "where the rivers meet". It ...
Missanabie 62 is a First Nations reserve [1] in Algoma District, Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Michipicoten First Nation. References
Missanabie, 1897. Missanabie is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District at the northern terminus of Highway 651, inside the boundaries of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A designated place served by a local services board, [1] the community had a population of 62 in the Canada 2006 Census. [2]
Missinaibi Lake (Cree: masinâpôy sâkahikan, ᒪᓯᓈᐴᔾ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) is a lake in Ontario, Canada, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Chapleau. It is the source of the Missinaibi River , which rises from the lake and flows northeastward into the Moose River .