Nipissing Lake

Named after the Algonquian tribe of the same name.

Discovered by the Recollet missionary Le Caron in 1615, on his way to

the country of the Hurons. Traversed by Champlain the same year.

Constant references are made to the lake in the early journals of

explorers, missionaries, and fur traders. It formed part of the western

route of the fur traders under both French and British rule. =Index=:

(Samuel de Champlain era) Visited by Champlain, 88.