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Notes Members of Beausoleil First Nation are descendants of a larger Band known as the Chippewas of Lake Huron and Lake Simcoe. In October of 1818 the Chippewas surrendered a large tract of land south of Georgian Bay, and in 1830 they were settled by Sir John Colborne onto land between Coldwater and Lake Couchiching, the "Coldwater Tract". They surrendered this settlement in November of 1836 and subsequently subdivided into three distinct Bands and settled onto separate reserves - Chief Aisance and Band going to Beausoleil Island in 1842, Chief Yellowhead and his band going to Rama in 1838, and Chief Joseph Snake and his Band going to Snake Island (now Georgina Island) in about 1838. The soil on Beausoleil Island proved to be unsuitable for cultivation, so the Band moved to the Christian Islands which had been set aside as a reserve in the 1850s. On June 5, 1856 all of the islands in Georgian Bay (except the Christian Islands) were surrendered or sold to the Crown. The Christian Island reserve was confirmed by the Williams Treaties of 1923. |
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Industries One fifth of the labour force is involved in government services
and another third in other services; a further quarter is involved
in construction and one tenth each in primary industries (mostly
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