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Chapter 1 Ahmic Lake The Early Years The early history could start like a fairy taleâ€"once upon a time. Once upon a time there was no Ahmic Lake. Where the lake is now was forest covered land. Through it a river flowed on its way from its source in what is now Algonquin Park to its mouth in Georgian Bay. Somewhere in the area just past the Chikopi Boys' Camp a beaver decided that there would be a good place to build a home and so it built a dam. Over the years the dam became big enough to hold back the water and the river which was called Magnetawan {just one of its names} by the Indians became a lake which they named Ahmic. There are several spellings of both words in historical writings about the area. This story is recorded by Mr. J. W. Little in a history he had started several years ago. His family first came to spend their summers at Ahmic Lake in 1913. The story was told to him by James Smith who lived near the end of the lake. It had been told to Mr. Smith by the Indians who still hunted and fished in the area when the first settlers arrived. Mr. Little was shown a few remnants of the dam sticking up out of the water. Mr. Little had not been able to establish whether the story was fact or fiction. The first people to inhabit the region were tribes of Indians: Hurons, Ojibway and Algonquins. They used the area as their communal hunting and fishing grounds. They also made maple syrup. They wintered on Georgian Bay in the Parry Sound area. Maybe they should be called our first "summer people". They realized how valuable the area was to them and their way of living. And so when 1