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The word Tarentorus comes from the Kanienʼkéha language

Meaning “tree-splitter” in Kanienʼkéha, also known as Mohawk, Tarentorus first appeared on a provincial land survey by A. P. Salter in 1859

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Photo: Salter, Albert Pellew. (1859). Townships No. 1 North And South Range 25 West [Survey]. Scale 1:40 (chains). Office of the Surveyor General 2216. Accessed via Sault Ste. Marie Museum’s Repository for Cartography and Planning (RECAP).

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