Indigenous leader.
Born at Fort Alexander on 3 January 1914, to Alexander Fontaine (1891-1921) and Therese Courchene (1891-?), he attended the Fort Alexander Indian School and, despite the difficulty of his experience there, remained positive and devoted to his community. As a young man he worked at the Pine Falls Paper Mill and various other jobs, including train conductor, trapper, prospector, and hunter until finishing his working life as a maintenance engineer at the Sagkeeng Consolidated School.
On 21 April 1937, he married Margaret (?-?) and they had seven children. Active in his community, he served as Chief of the Sagkeeng First Nation (1964-1966). He died at the Pine Falls Hospital on 13 January 2008 and was buried in Fort Alexander Catholic Cemetery.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 January 2008.
Albert Fontaine, Gina Lightheart Family Tree, Ancestry.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 16 December 2024
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