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I believe that a looger was killed by a bear (sorry not sure the year)

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Killbear is on a peninsula. Back when the natives owned the land and would do their hunting, they would chase the bears out through the Park, and the bears would stall at the waterline - the end of the peninsula. Although they can swim, the bears would stall for just enough time so that the natives could catch up and kill them.

The Ojibway natives referred to Killbear point as Mukwa naosh which translates to bear point. Someone at the time of naming confused mukwa naosh (bear point) with mukwa naoshin (bear kill) and thus the park was named Killbear.

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