Ombabika

Ombabika lies at the northeastern end of Lake Nipigon, where the river of that name enters a broad bay. The surrounding country has long been home to Ojibwe families of the lake. In the 1680s French traders established a post known as Fort La Tourette or La Maune in the Ombabika area, seeking to draw northern furs away from Hudson Bay. Claude Greysolon de La Tourette managed the post and built trading relationships with Indigenous people of the interior.