Writers from Nipissing District

Canadian cartoonist

Canadian actor

Gertrude Bernard (June 18, 1906 – June 17, 1986), commonly known as Anahareo, was a Canadian writer, animal rights activist and conservationist of Algonquin and Mohawk ancestry. Throughout her life, she challenged cultural stereotypes of First Nations women and proved herself to be "an intrepid, resourceful, and self-reliant woman who could manage on her own in the wilderness and yet was no stranger to the customs and trappings of modern civilization". At a time when "conservation" stood for increasing the size of animal populations for the sake of hunting and trapping, she, along with G