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Description

Cabins and suites available for rent on the shore of Lake Metigoshe. Store, restaurant and gas station. PHONE: 204-747-3919 VISIT: http://www.turtlemountainresort.ca/

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Billy's Point

(1930s) Billy Gosselin's home became a meeting place and dance hall for the Metigoshe Métis Community.

Canada Creek

The Forestry Reserve game wardens chose to turn their heads the other direction when it came to the fishing practices of the Metis living around Metigoshe Lake.

Daggard's Store

This store was technically in North Dakota, but it was closer for the Metigoshe Metis Community to buy staple groceries here than to go to Deloraine.

First Métis Homestead

(1908) The first permanent Métis settler in the Turtle Mountain area was Louis McLeod who settled within a mile from the US-Canadian border. This was the beginning of the Metigoshe Métis Community.

First Métis Homesteads

(1908) Louis McLeod, Billy Gooselin and Elzear Racine came up from Belcourt and settled in the Turtle Mountain bush. These three quarter sections were the first homesteads that were the beginning of the Metigoshe Metis Community.

Lizzie Lake Station

A vacation property nestled in the Turtle Mountains near Lake Metigoshe. The building used to be the CPR station at Lyleton. PHONE: 204-748-3681 VISIT: http://www.lizzielakestation.com/

Louis McLeod Homestead

(1908) Louis McLeod's log home was probably the first permanent Metis settlement on Turtle Mountain.

Marsden School No. 2

(1938 – 1966) Métis kids from around Metigoshe Lake attended Marsden School No. 2. It became a hall and community centre for the Métis.

McCharles Cabin

(1940s) This tiny cabin was the vibrant home for Roy and Maggie McCharles and their 10 children.

Métis Cemetery

(1920s – 1942) With the establishment of the Metigoshe Métis Community, a small cemetery appeared. The first body interred was an infant from the McLeod family. She was followed by seven others at most.

Picnic Area by Canada Creek

(Post 1908) A plot of land nearby Canada Creek was used as a ball field and picnic area by the Metigoshe Métis Community.