Kichesipirini

The Kichesipirini were an Algonquin people based on the Ottawa River, with a fortified village on Morrison Island. Their position on the route between the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence allowed them to collect tolls from travelers.

Their chief Tessouat met Samuel de Champlain in 1603, and Champlain visited the island in 1613. The Kichesipirini and Huron made peace with the Haudenosaunee in 1645, but the peace failed and by 1650 the Kichesipirini had fled their homeland.