b'ANISHINABEK NATIONThere were 16 families directly impacted. Twelve of them had their houses relocated, and the remaining four, their homes too fragile to withstand the disrup-tion, had to find alternative accommodation. As it was, most of the buildings that arrived at Kettle Point suffered severe foundational cracks and broken sills and windows. Some people, especially those involved in working outside of Stony Point, did not have time to pack their belongings and, once settled, found plates, cups, keepsakes and other breakables destroyed by the bumpy move.Beginning in March 1943, DND entered negotiations to purchase the three shoreline lots contiguous to Ipperwash Provincial Park. The result added only an additional 270 Extract from Plan of Indian Reserves at Kettle Point and Stony Point, Bosanquet Township by W. S. Davidson, 1900. CLSR 419. acres to the camp but took much longer to conclude, ending with an Order in Council dated October 6, 1944. In contrast, DND acquired the entire Stony Point reserve, all 2,240 acres, in just 37 business days.PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE CHIEFS OF ONTARIOI cannot recall the name of the soldier who returned home that afternoon in International Union of Painters and Allied Trades1945, but a quick comparison of a list of Kettle and Stony Point World War II DISTRICT COUNCIL 46veterans with that of those who lost their homes in Stony Point in 1942 would have made him either a Bressette, George, Greenbird, Shawkence or a Henry. After spending a fitful night, he got up and followed the trail of crumbling chimney stones and broken glass west to Kettle Point, where he would have been told a most unbelievable story. 1I am indebted to Dr. Alan Corbiere for his assistance with Anishinaabemowin place names.Born in Tecumseh, Ontario, Laurie Leclair holds undergraduate degrees in history and anthropology and a Masters degree in history. She has been involved in Indigenous issues for over thirty years, and more than half of that time she has spent working as a historical researcher for Anishinabek Nation. PaintersDrywall FinishersGlaziersPlasterersA regular contributor to Anishinabek SignwritersEIFS-StuccoHazardous MaterialsIndustrialNews, Laurie has also written extensively on heritage and burial issues, enfranchisement, PLEASE VISIT US AT WWW. IUPAT.ON.CAtreaty and land rights. 22l I ssue1 2020C hIefs ofo ntarIoA dvocAte magazIne'