Assiginack Museum

Saving the S.S. Norisle

the SS Norisle, the first passenger steam ship built in Canada after World War II. The Norisle is berthed at Bay Street Marina in Manitowaning (within the Township of Assiginack) on Manitoulin Island.

After retiring from service in 1974, the Norisle was purchased by the Township of Assiginack in 1975 to serve as a major tourist attraction and floating museum. She formed a part of the community's Museum Heritage Complex and was open to the public for self guided tours each summer for over 30 years. As a floating museum, the Norisle served as one of the finest examples of the ships of yesteryear that sailed the Great Lakes.

Manitowaning Norisle to Van's

Short drive uptown to the nearest variety store,

Assiginack - War Chief and Oratory

Poetry about being a descendant of an Oratory and War Chief. Dedicated to First Nations role during the war of 1812.

Poetry by Lena Recollet
Directed by Miles Turner
Production Assistant: Linda Roy

Produced by Maize Media -
Supported by Ontario Arts Councils Word of Mouth

Thanks to Phd. Elders....Cecil King published a book Balancing Two Worlds and historian Alan Corbier (although not an elder yet) he wrote an article More than Tecumseh during his time at Ojibway Cultural Foundation. I was uplifted by their research and sharing of knowledge this way. Miigwetch

Hovindism Bonus#1 Attacking the smithsonian

Another addition, pwning poor old kent.

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7. Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah.
8. Royal Ontario Museum.
9. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island /ˌmænɨˈtuːlɨn/ is a Canadian lake island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest freshwater lake island in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and Archaic cultures dating from 10,000 BC to 2000 BC. The name of the island is the English version, via French, of the old Odawa name Manidoowaaling, which means cave of the spirit, named for an underwater cave where a powerful spirit dwells. By the 19th century the Odawa l was pronounced as n. The same word with a newer pronunciation is used for the town Manitowaning (19th century Odawa Manidoowaaning), which is located on Manitoulin Island near the underwater cave where the spirit dwells. The modern Odawa name for Manitoulin Island is Mnidoo Mnis (Spirit Island).
Manitoulin Island contains a number of lakes of its own. In order of size, its three most prominent lakes are Lake Manitou, Lake Kegawong and Lake Mindemoya. Each of these three lakes in turn have islands within them, the largest of these being Lake Mindemoya's 82 acre Treasure Island, located in the centre of Manitoulin.


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