By Danielle Garcia Jones
Overview
On October 3, 1873, the Saulteaux peoples and the Government of Canada signed Treaty 3, also known as the North-West Angle Treaty. The British intended to plan a route between Fort Garry and Fort William. This route is now between Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Thunder Bay, Ontario. As in many treaties of this region, the Crown sees Treaty 3 as a land cession. However, the Saulteaux peoples had no intention of ceding lands but instead to share the 55,000 square miles of territory with the British, land that today covers northwestern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba.