Once
again native history puts its mark on modern day times.
This little
Northern Ontario
community gets its name from a bloody battle between the Ojibway and
the Iroquois. The
Ojibway, trying to out-paddle the ferocious Sioux, made camp on top
of a mountain where a look out was posted.
The advancing war party was spotted, the women and children
were brought safely to an island in the middle of the lake and the
Ojibway prepared an ambush. All
of the marauders were killed with the exception of one Sioux boy.
He was adopted into the tribe and later became one of the
tribe’s greatest chiefs.
With
an abundance of lakes, anglers will discover unparallel fishing,
with walleyed pickerel, northern pike, smallmouth bass, lake trout
and muskellunge just waiting to be caught.
Hunters take advantage of the wilderness for moose and small
game hunting.
Ojibway
Provincial
Park
is about 25 kilometers southwest of Sioux Lookout.
There, you’ll discover
Labrador
tea, wild rice, and an extraordinary assortment of flora.
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