The West Parry Sound area is a place where the sublime beauty and ferocity of the Georgian Bay and the strength and severity of the Canadian Shield converge. Here, for thousands of years, people have managed to carve out a life for themselves amidst the rocks. From the Anishinabek – who followed the cycles of the season to sustain themselves, to the  Free Land Grant settlers – who endlessly picked rocks from their fields, to the industrial powers – whose products were developed to combat not only foreign enemies, but the Canadian Shield itself.