White Bear (Wabimakwa)

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White Bear
Wabimakwa
Temagami First Nation Chief
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Died1870

White Bear (also known as Wabimakwa, died 1870) [1] was a Temagami First Nation chief.

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He was the grandfather of Ignace Tonené. Both White Bear Lake and White Bear Forest were named after him.

Family life

White Bear and his wife Mrs White Bear had a son François Kabimigwune (died 1880). François Kabimigwune's son (and White Bear's grandson) was Ignace Tonené and was born in 1840 or 41, and died in 1916. [1]

He was a trader in furs and in 1858 he supplied the Hudson's Bay Company with seed potatoes. [1]

Temagami leadership

White Bear was the chief of Temagami First Nation when white settlers arrived in Canada. [2]

He lived on the northwest shore of White Bear Lake (now Cassels Lake), [1] which was named after him. [3]

Death and legacy

White Bear died in 1870. [1]

White Bear Forest and White Bear Lake are named after White Bear. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hodgins, Bruce W.; Benidickson, Jamie (1989). The Temagani Experience: Recreation, Resources, and Aboriginal Rights in the Northern Ontario Wilderness, Canada: University of Toronto Press, ISBN   978-0802067135 p. 35, 40–48, 66, 299
  2. 1 2 White Bear Old Growth Forest Trail Guide Retrieved on 2007-06-27
  3. Charles Hallock, William A. Bruette, Forest and Stream. (1904). United States: Forest and Stream Publishing Company. p.117