Mikiwam

Mikiwam is a lake among the wooded hills north of the Ottawa River. Its Algonquin name means a house or dwelling. A mikiwam was made with a frame of poles, often covered with sheets of birchbark sewn together with spruce roots. The bark could be rolled up and carried when a family moved, while the frame was left for future use. This lake country formed part of the wider Algonquin homeland, where families moved between hunting grounds and summer gatherings.