History of the area surrounding Delawana Inn Resort, Honey Harbour, Georgian Bay

January 5, 1616

Champlain set out to visit the Tobacco Nation living in an area between
Lake Simcoe and Nottawasaga Bay. The Nottawasaga river is considered
one of the 5 gateways to Huronia ending up in Georgian Bay. The Huron
cultivated large fields of Tobacco and traded this commodity.

The word Nottawasaga, means "the mouth of the Mohawk River" in Huron
and Ojibway.

Samuel De Champlain Begins 1616 Recovering From His Wounds January 4, 1616.

Despite wounds received from the New York campaign, Champlain started to get out and visit various settlements in Huronia. One of his first trips was on January 4, 1616 with a visit to the nearby village of Carthagouha to see Father Joseph Le Caron who established the first mission near what is today Penetanquishene.

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Imagine the Winter of 1615 In Huronia

Four hundred years ago, Samuel De Champlain, landed in what is now New Brunswick. Eleven years later he explored in the Georgian Bay Area and befriended the Huron Nation. In the fall of 1615, he assisted with a war party that traveled from Georgian Bay to what is now New York state, to seek revenge on the Iroquois Nation. On this day December 23, 1615 Champlain returned wounded to Huronia and the village of Cahiaque.

Sources:

Huronia: Cradle of Ontario's History. J. Herbert Cranston, 1949. Simcoe County Historical Association

400 Years French History in North America, Ontario Office of Francophone Affaires 2004

Simcoe County Book of Days, B.E.S. Rudachyk. DBS Heritage Consulting & Communications. 1998.