Leaving the boat, Shelley Essaunce-Lamarche carried the corpse across a series of granite outcrops. She wanted just the right spot to leave the body. She found it among blueberry and juniper bushes, and gently placed the female snake's body in the fragrant brush. Respectfully, she covered it with moss and leaves. On this cloudless July day, the dark waters of Georgian Bay sparkled in the distance. Standing with Park Warden Scott Sutton, the two funeral attendees faced west, the doorway to the Ojibway spirit world. Sprinkling an offering of sacred tobacco on the burial site, she recited a final prayer of thanks and farewell in Ojibway.