Bazil Jacob

Bazil Jacob is # 1367 on the 1907 Wooster Roll where he is identified as the son of Mrs. Lizette Jacob # 1366. Bazil's traditional name is recorded as "Sikate" meaning "Sunshine" but more than one word has been translated as "sunshine" on the Wooster Roll so the name and translation require scrutiny and comment by those with expertise in nusnaces of the Anishinaabemowin language and Potawatomi culture.

In 1907 when Bazil Jacob was age 35 he was an unmarried man living at Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island, Ontario where he held full rights in Canada.

Manitowaning is the principal community in the township of Assiginak and features an excellent natural harbour. "Founded" in 1836 as a centre of Manitoulin Island's Aboriginal education, Manitowaning was a regular port of call for schooners and steamboats from many points on the Great Lakes. As of 2016 the old steamboat wharf is now part of the community's Museum Heritage Complex, home of the SS Norisle. Cardwell Street in Manitowaning continues east of the community, becoming the primary access road to the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve.