- Queen's University Archives
- Algonquins of Golden Lake Claim collection
- Primary Documents PD642-PD680
- Affidavit of James Ashquabe, Georgina Island Reserve
Affidavit of James Ashquabe, Georgina Island Reserve
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- Queen's University Archives via Queen's University Archives
- Dates
- 20 Mar 1912 (indexed as 1912)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 item of textual record
- Scope & content
- Affidavit: re claim for compensation for unceded lands described as hunting ground lying north of line 45 to the height of land near Lake Nipissing, claimed by the Chippewas at Christian Island. Rarna and Georgina Island. Describes lands which comprised his father's hunting limit as extending east to Mary's Lake and Fairy Lake, Lake Vernon to Sand Lake. Gives his testimony re hunting these lands with his father in 1860 and later inheriting them. States he is now 97 years old and he hunted these lands for 20 years in succession. Describes his hunting routes and landmarks, telling where he sold his furs. States that the established boundary between his Band and the Algonquin Indians was at the very height of lands, with no blaze made but the regulations were made that they hunt in the reverse and Creeks that run down towards their ground, this side of the height of land.
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- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-18T11:46:29Z · source datestamp 2025-07-14T19:19:13Z · ead