- Queen's University Archives
- Algonquins of Golden Lake Claim collection
- Primary Documents PD387-PD410
- R.T. Pennefather, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs to the Governor General
R.T. Pennefather, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs to the Governor General
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- Held by
- Queen's University Archives via Queen's University Archives
- Dates
- 4 May 1860 (indexed as 1860)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 item of textual record
- Scope & content
- Letter: petition signed by the Chippewa Indians of the Saugeen, and Lakes Huron and Simcoe. Among the points in the memorial: 3rd point - on behalf of their brethren of the Lake of Two Mountains, state that they owned a large tract of land in the Ottawa and adjoining districts which have been surveyed and sold to whites. These lands have never been ceded. 5th point - refers to the lands covered in the Robinson Treaty. Adds that the Indians of the Lake of Two Mountains were compensated for their hunting grounds on the Ottawa River by the setting aside of 45,750 acres of land on River Desert States that a certain number of Algonquins have embraced the opportunity of moving there.
- Location
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- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-18T11:46:29Z · source datestamp 2025-07-14T19:18:32Z · ead