Lake Simcoe–Lake Huron Purchase

Canadian Indigenous land purchase

The Lake Simcoe–Lake Huron Purchase, registered as Crown Treaty Number Sixteen, was signed November 18, 1815 between the Ojibwa and the government of Upper Canada. It purchased a large portion of the lands between Lake Simcoe and Lake Huron, including all of the territory upon which the Penetanguishene Road had recently been cut.

The Penetanguishene Road was cut from Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe to Penetanguishene Bay on Lake Huron at the end of the War of 1812 for purposes of providing a military communication route. The land that it occupied was purchased in this treaty for the sum of £4,000 sterling. The territory included a quantity of land that later became parts of the townships of Oro, Vespra, Medonte, Flos, Tay and Tiny in Simcoe County. The total area purchased was approximately 250,000 acres (1,000 km2).

The signees of the treaty on the side of the British included Provincial Commissioners Elisha Beman and Henry Proctor, Captain W. M. Cochrane (commander of light infantry), Lieutenant Alexander Ferguson of the Indian Department, interpreter William Gruet and James Givins on behalf of the Crown.

The signees of the treaty on the side of the Chippeway Chiefs included Kinaybicoinini, Aisance and Misquuckkey. (Chief Misquuckkey in the treaty may be the same chief whom Muskoka was named after.)

The text of the treaty is found in the holdings at the Simcoe County Archives in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

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* Hunter, Andrew F. A History of Simcoe County. Mackinaw Productions (Oshawa: 1998).

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Canadian Aboriginal and Indigenous law

Note: "Aboriginal law" refers to Canadian law dealing with Indigenous peoples; "Indigenous law" refers to the customary law of individual Indigenous groups.

Sources of law|

* Aboriginal land title in Canada
* Royal Proclamation of 1763
* Section 25 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
* Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
* Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867
* Treaty rights
* United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Treaties and
governmental relations|

| Pre-Confederation
(pre-1867)|

* Covenant Chain (1670s)
* Great Peace of Montreal (1701)
* Nanfan Treaty (1701)
* Peace and Friendship Treaties (1725–1779)
* Treaties of Fort Niagara (1764–1784)
* Douglas Treaties (1850–54)
* Gradual Civilization Act (1857–1869)

| Upper Canada
treaties|

* Toronto Purchase (1787)
* Penetanguishene Bay Purchase (1798)
* London Township Treaty No. 6
* Sombra Township Treaty No. 7
* Lake Simcoe–Lake Huron Purchase (1815)
* Huron Tract Purchase (1827)
* Treaty 45 (1836)
* Saugeen Tract Agreement (1836)
* Robinson Treaties (1850, 1854, 1859)

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Post-Confederation
(post-1867)|

* Gradual Enfranchisement Act (1869–1876)
* Numbered Treaties (1871–1921)
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* 3
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* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* Indian Act (1876–present)
* White Paper (1969)
* James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975)
* Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (1993)
* RCAP (1995)
* Nisga'a Final Agreement (1998)
* Paix des Braves (2002)
* Duty to consult and accommodate (since 2004)
* Jordan's Principle (proposed 2005)
* Land claims
* specific claims
* Ongoing treaty negotiations in British Columbia

Case law|

* Attorney General of Canada v Lavell
* R v Badger
* Calder v British Columbia
* Chippewas of Sarnia Band v Canada
* Corbiere v Canada
* Daniels v Canada
* Delgamuukw v British Columbia
* Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada
* Kruger v R
* R v Marshall; R v Bernard
* R v Marshall
* Mitchell v MNR
* Paul v British Columbia
* Paulette Caveat
* Powley ruling
* R v Drybones
* R v Gladstone
* R v Gladue
* Gladue report
* R v Gonzales
* R v Guerin
* R v Jim
* R v Pamajewon
* R v Sparrow
* Re Eskimos
* St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R
* R v Van der Peet
* Tsilhqot'in Nation v British Columbia
* Daniels v Canada
* Restoule v Canada

Indigenous customary law|

* Self-government
* Grand Council (Miꞌkmaq)
* Great Law of Peace (Haudenosaunee)
* Pittailiniit (Inuit)
* Wahkohtowin (Plains Cree)

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