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A list of all the place names / locations mentioned in the microfilms

HOLY CROSS (SAINTE-CROIX)
WIKWEMIKONG & MISSIONS
MANITOULIN ISLAND, ONTARIO
BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, BURIALS
AND CONFIRMATIONS
1838 - 1910
EXCERPTS FROM
LDS Microfilm 1305887, Vol. 4:
"Reduction Indienne de Ste. Croix, Ile Manitoulin"
June 19, 1848 to June 15, 1852
L.D.S. Microfilm 1311360:
Register 1:
May 8, 1838 to Sept. 25, 1854
Register 2:
October 8, 1854 to December 25, 1871
L.D.S. Microfilm 1311361:
1872 to 1910

Locations Mentioned in Microfilms

Holy Cross Manitoulin Island and missions included surrounding areas of Penetang and St. Joseph Island, east along the shores of Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing, north to Fort William and Sault Ste. Marie, south to Holland Landing and West to Owen Sound. The following list shows common, old-time, French or Indian names of the locales as referred to in the registers.

Atchitawaigaming
Basswa or Baswoh
Beausoleil Island (Ile Beausoleil, was Ile St. François-Xavier)
Beaver Stone
Birch Island (l’Ile-aux-Bouleaux)
Birch Lake
Britt
Bruce Mines
Byng Inlet
Cape Croker
Christian Island (Isle aux Chrétiens)
Coldwater
Collingwood
Collin’s Inlet
Colpoy’s Bay
Cook’s Mills (later called Spragge)
Cutler ("Kenabutch")
Eagle Town
Espanola (Espagnol)
Fort William
French River (Rivière-aux-Français)
Garden River (Kittigan-sibi)
Grand Chenail
Holland Landing
Horse Island (Ile-au-Cheval)
Ile St. François Xavier (now Beausoleil Island)
Kabekanang
Killarney (Shibwaononing/Chibwaonaning)
Kopoonaning
La Cloche
Little Current (Petit Courant)
Manitoulin
Manitowaning or St. Ignace de Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island
Medonte
Missi-sagi or Misisaguing
Mitchikiwatinong
Moshkamosaging
Nipissing (Lac Nipissing)
Owen Sound (Neachi Onigaming)
Parry Sound, Parry Harbour
Parry Island (Ile Parry)
Penetanguishene
La Pointe au St. Espris (Ne-mino-manitônang), Nipissing,
otherwise known as Pointe aux Chênes (Ne-mittigomichikkang), Nipissing
Portage du Chaudieres (translates to Boiler or Cauldron)
aux Sables
Saginy
St. Jean Baptiste des Iroquois (Owen Sound)
St. Joseph Island (Ile Saint-Joseph) (Kashkeidang)
Salvail’s Mill, Rivière du borgne
Saugeen (Saging)
Sault Ste. Marie
Sheguiandah "sur l’Ile Manitouline"
Shesigwaning, Manitoulin Island (often spelt as Chichigwaning)
South Bay
Spanish Mills
Spanish River (la Rivière aux Espagnols)
Spragge (formerly Cook’s Mills) ("Moshdamo-Saging")
Sturgeon Bay (La Baie des Sturgeon - Wikkweton or Colpoy’s Bay) near Owen Sound
Sucker Creek, Manitoulin Island
Sucker Lake (Lac de La Carpe)
Thessalon
Village Salvaille
West Bay, Manitoulin Island
Whitefish Lake (Lac Poisson-Blanc)
Wiarton
Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island
Wikwemikonsing

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