Massacre Island

Massacre Island, is a small island in , a large lake between the United States and Canada. It is believed that this island was the site where, on June 6, 1736, a mixed group of Teton-Lakota, Dakota, and Ojibwa killed 21 Frenchmen from New France including Jesuit missionary Jean-Pierre Aulneau as well as Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye.
Wikipedia
  • Islet
  • …lies at an elevation of 320 metres (1,050 feet)
  • Description: island in Ontario, Canada

Massacre Island

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Latitude
49.27621° or 49° 16′ 34″ north
Longitude
-94.77067° or 94° 46′ 14″ west
Open location code
86X776GH+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 254665029
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6067666
Wiki­data ID
Q18167970

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Massacre Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Massacre Island (pulo sa Canada, Ontario)”
  • Cebuano: “Massacre Island”
  • Dutch: “Massacre Island”
  • French: “Massacre Island”
  • Japanese: “マサカー島”
  • Swedish: “Massacre Island”
  • Turkish: “Massacre Adası, Ontario”
  • Turkish: “Massacre Adası”
  • Turkish: “Massacre Island, Ontario”
  • Turkish: “Massacre Island”

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