ONTARIO MÉTIS FACTS

Historically, Moose Factory was a prominent trading hub that served as the home and birthplace of many Métis families throughout the 19 th  century. Among them were William Moore and Jane McLeod, whose marriage reflected the strong cultural, economic, and kinship ties forming around Moose Factory during this period.  Jane McLeod was born in Abitibi in 1859 and was raised within a close-knit Métis community where family, trade, and relationships with the land were deeply inter

On January 7, 1867, Georgian Bay Métis Community members Andrew Brissette and Judith Boucher were married in Tiny Township.  Born in nearby Penetanguishene in 1847, Andrew Brissette was the son of Archange L'Hirondelle, Métis from the Lesser Slave Lake region of present-day Alberta, and Hyppolite Brissette, the fur-trader whose career was documented in A.C. Osborne's The Migration of Voyageurs From Drummond Island to Penetanguishene in 1828 .  Judith Boucher's mother, Rosette

Paul Vasseur and Marie Prisque’s marriage reflects one of the many marriages between Métis families woven through Penetanguishene’s history.  Born in Penetanguishene around 1837, Paul was the son of Marguerite Longlade and Charles Vasseur, a participant in the 1812 “capture of Mackinaw” and signatory of the 1840 Penetanguishene Petition. Paul was deeply involved in community life, serving as a witness at the wedding of Marie Girroir and Joseph Boucher in 1860, three years bef