It takes time to truly discover all of historic Nipissing Village and this area.

From the south shore and south bay of Lake Nipissing, the South River winds five kilometers to Chapman's Chute and to Nipissing Township.

Surveyed in the late 1870s and incorporated in 1888, the village of Nipissing was the earliest and largest commercial centre in the district for a period before the turn of the century. Today there are less than 100 people in the Village itself, with a population density of four persons per square km. But there once were two hotels, a blacksmith shop, a school, two churches, a mill and a wagon shop.

In the 1860s, Nipissing's early settlers came by way of the Champlain Trail along the Ottawa-Mattawa River and across Lake Nipissing. They settled around Nipissing Village first.

These early years have been documented preserved in the Nipissing Township Museum, which is housed in the 1882 old squared timber Methodist church located on the main street. Be sure to check out their Annual Heritage Day.