Seine River Steamers hospital ships during the First World War, as the ghastily wounded British soldiers could be smoothly moved downriver to larger hospital ships at Le Havre. Atlantic Salmon have naturally returned to the Seine almost a century after over fishing and pollution caused them to disappear. Seine River Steamers The Seine River was the scene of many early experiments with steam navigation. The steamship has a long ancestry, dating back at least to 1783 when the Marquis de Jouffray d'Abbans steamed his little boat, the Pyroscaphe, across the Seine. Robert Fulton even exhibited one to Napoleon's regime. With the success of
Seine River First Nation Seine River First Nation Seine River First Nation, previously known as the Rivière la Seine Band, is an Ojibwe First Nation reserve located roughly west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of November 2011, the First Nation had a total registered population of 725, of which 327 lived on their own reserve. The First Nation have an electoral system of government, consisting of a chief and seven councillors forming their council. Chief Thomas Johnson and councillors Carrie Boshkaykin, Norman Girard, John Kabatay, Gearld Johnson, Roger Spencer and Shane Whitecrow are serving their two-year term that began on February 11, 2016. The