Logan Lake Almanac - 1980(33756001.2).pdf
Fishery Resources of the Longford Reserve(33754947.1).pdf
By Chris Miller
The following is based on a title search, some research in available literature, and the Lakeland minutes and memoranda. It also includes some oral recollections from one of the long-term former members of Longford and from a number of the poachers and local residents.
Longford Township lies along the line which anthropologists indicate divided the hunting territories of the Algonquin Tribes from those of the Huron nations. Longford was probably occupied by the Ojibway tribe of the Algonquins. Indian village sites, probably of Huron origin, have been found to the south in Digby Township near Head Lake. One Indian village has been located on the Head River two miles below Head Lake on Lot 25, Concession 3. In the 1640's, the Iroquois attacked from the south and took over this area.