February 26, 2026
BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION — A group of Beausoleil First Nation’s on-duty paramedics recently delivered a baby boy on the MV Indian Maiden passenger ferry on Feb. 7 following a call for medical assistance at a residence in the Christian Island community.
“We did deliver a baby in the middle of the night in the middle of Georgian Bay in the ice in a snowstorm,” says Maggie Monague, primary care paramedic at Beausoleil First Nation Paramedic Services. “It is the first baby that was born on the MV Indian Maiden. This is one of our older vessels, it just happens to be the first time a baby has been born on this vessel.”
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