Pays Plat First Nation

Pays Plat First Nation is a small First [Nations in Canada|First Nation] reserve community located near Rossport, Ontario, Canada, about northeast of Thunder Bay. The Pays Plat 51 Reserve is in the boundaries of the territory described in the Robinson-Superior Treaty of 1850. The community is located along Ontario [Highway 17|Highway 17].

History

The Ojibway people living on the North Shore of Lake Superior survived by hunting, trapping, fishing, and gathering food. The area was heavily involved in the fur trade, and the ancestors living near what is now called Pays Plat were key in trapping for furs. Pays Plat was named by French traders and means flat land, named after the fact that it is flat land between two mountains. In Anishinaabemowin the community is known as Baagwaashiing which means "Where the water is shallow."