| The
Manitoulin Island Treaty, 1862
Document
Summary:
Aboriginals living on Manitoulin Island give up all rights
to tracts of the island's land to the government of the province of Canada for
settlement in exchange for:
- $700
- Future additional
payments in years to come
These Aboriginals are given reserve land
to live on and the right to hunt and fish on all ceded
land, so long as it does not interfere with mining, lumbering or settlement. |