Kawartha Lakes Spirit Walks
Lost Meadow Ojibwa Village
We invite you to Lost Meadow Ojibwa Village based on information from libraries, archives, and archaeological records from this area. This village has been constructed to provide a glimpse into the 17th century when the Mississauga Ojibwa were trading furs for various European goods such as iron cooking pots, guns, glass beads, axes, knives, cloth and other manufactured items.
When you enter the village, you will be stepping back in time to the era when the Mississauga of Southern Ontario were living along the shores of the Great Lakes, hunting deer and gathering the wild rice, which was growing thick in rice Lake. Native guides were paddling the first European through the vast system of lakes and rivers of Canada.
Samuel de Champlain was probably the first explorer to see this part of Southern Ontario. In his journal, he comments on 'The Lake of the Wild Oats' (Rice Lake) and names two islands, which are 'Little Grape' for the wild grapes plentiful there and 'Hickory', which provided nuts and valuable wood and bark. These names remain today.
This village represent a small hunting and gathering site where the people would be busy drying fish and game, tanning deer hides, picking berries, processing wild rice and many other daily chores to keep family life as comfortable as possible.
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Hope to see you again soon (Gawaabmin miinwa)
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