Yellowhead Chiefs at the Narrows

An exhibit by acclaimed contemporary artist Charles Pachter will be featured July 20, 2013 at the Orillia Museum or Art and History. Pachter’s work includes a number of paintings related to the War of 1812, including “Yellowhead Chiefs at the Narrows”. The feather and son Anishinabek leaders of Rama First Nation both took part in the Battle of York on April 27, 1813 at present-day Toronto. Pachter will be speaking May 9 at the Leacock Museum in Orillia about the Lord Simcoe era in Upper Canada.