"Little Metis is one of the prettiest places that I ever saw. It is like an island. The house is built on the point, and all the buildings which are built around it make it appear as a little Villa surrounded with water, they have however no garden which is a great shame as the soil seems very rich. Mr. Macnider had caught that morning a trout weighing 3 pounds which we took down for dinner, we came home to our cottage at Grand Metis at seven o'clock in our own calash on very indifferent roads, took another very large fish weighing 6 pouds, took our supper, went to bed as happy as can be in this world of troubles." Diary of the wife of John McNider, June 21st 1822