Location
Northeastern Manitoulin and The Islands
On Highway 6 about 16 km south of Little Current, and about 19 km north of the town of Manitowaning, at a place called "Ten Mile Point".
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Photographer
Kal Biro
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More Information
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Posted
June 10, 2004
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Text from the Plaque
In 1648 Father Joseph Poncet, then serving at St. Marie in Huronia, was placed in charge of the Jesuit mission of St. Pierre by his superior Father Paul Ragueneau. This newly created mission was formed to serve the Algonkian-speaking Indians of Manitoulin Island and the north shore of Lake Huron. Poncet, the first known European resident of Manitoulin (called Ile de Ste. Marie by the missionaries and Ekaentoton by the Hurons), served on this island from October, 1648, to May, 1649. He returned to Manitoulin before the end of the latter year, but was compelled to abandon the mission in 1650, following the defeat and dispersal of the Hurons by the Iroquois.
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