Fishing Float / Red & White Bobber

HEEL PULL - Ashbridges Bay, Unnegotiated Eastern Boundary of Toronto Purchase

The Anishnaabemowin word Mnjikaning means fish fence (or weir). Fishing was prolific along Toronto’s waterfront.

The term “stolen land” is particularly appropriate to the treaty process in Toronto. Ashbridges Bay is the site deceitfully “negotiated” eastern boundary of the 1805 Toronto Purchase.

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