The Petun, also known as the Tobacco people or Tionontati, were an indigenous Iroquoian people of the woodlands of eastern North America. Their last known traditional homeland was south of Lake Huron's Georgian Bay, in what is today's Canadian province of Ontario.
1914 illustration depicting the artist's concept of a Petun woman cultivating tobacco
Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To its northwest is the North Channel.
Tom Thomson, Pine Island, Georgian Bay, Winter 1914-16. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
The waters between Finger Point and Thumb Point near Cedar Springs, Beausoleil Island
Georgian Bay at Cabot Head
Reed's dump beach on Georgian Bay near the campsite