This election covers areas on Williams Treaty territory and that the land on which the Bracebridge community exists is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe – the Ojibway and Chippewa peoples. The Muskoka Region derives its name from Misko Aki or “Red Earth” – the late Chief William Yellowhead (1760-1865) who was an Anishinaabe leader in his traditional territory and founder of Rama First Nation (Mnjikaning).
