Oka, or what I refer to as Lake of the Two Mountains is located northwest of Montreal, Quebec. For thousands of years it was a meeting place and hunting ground for a number of First Nations. Huron, Algonquin, Iroquois, Nipissings, Pawnee, Fox and Sioux.
In 1721 a Roman Catholic mission by the Sulpician Order was setup. It was next to a Mohawk settlement and a number of Algonquins settle there also at Oka. The mission lasted more than one hundred years. Doing Baptisms, marriages and burials. For both the Algonquin and Mohawk communities. My direct ancestors both Algonquin and Mohawk were baptize, married and buried there. On my father side which was Algonquin and my Mother side which is Mohawk.
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Why Oka is important to me
Oka, or what I refer to as Lake of the Two Mountains is located northwest of Montreal, Quebec. For thousands of years it was a meeting place and hunting ground for a number of First Nations. Huron, Algonquin, Iroquois, Nipissings, Pawnee, Fox and Sioux.
In 1721 a Roman Catholic mission by the Sulpician Order was setup. It was next to a Mohawk settlement and a number of Algonquins settle there also at Oka. The mission lasted more than one hundred years. Doing Baptisms, marriages and burials. For both the Algonquin and Mohawk communities. My direct ancestors both Algonquin and Mohawk were baptize, married and buried there. On my father side which was Algonquin and my Mother side which is Mohawk.
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