Municipalities across southern Ontario tell us their own history and who their first peoples were. Let’s take an imaginary journey, from east to west, across southern Ontario to discover what each Municipality can tell us about their “origins” and the people who have lived there over the years.
In some cases, the “official” website may be somewhat ‘lean’ on details regarding native settlement, and so a sub-title link may be included.
Counties Today:
- First Nations in Ontario
- Indigenous Tourism Ontario
- Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
- Wikipedia – much more detail
- Prescott and Russell > nothing re. history?
- Wikipedia – no info re. native origins
- Ottawa
- Wikipedia – no info re. native origins
- Bytown.net
- Algonquin Territory
- Lanark > nothing re. history?
- Wikipedia – Algonquin territory
- Leeds and Greenville > nothing re. native history
- Frontenac > empty page
- Ontario Archaeology > 17th century+ (Iroquois)
- family search.org (Ojibwe, Cree, Algonquin, Wyandot/Huron
- Renfrew County site
- Lennox and Addington site > nil.
- Hastings > Huron-Wendat, Anishnaabe, Haudenosaunee, Mohawk, Algonquin
- Prince Edward site > nil.
- Wikipedia > Point Peninsula Complex
- Haliburton site>nil
- Wikipedia > nil
- U-Links Centre > excellent
- Aboriginal History in Ontario’s Cottage Country
- Peterborough-nil re. native history
- Trent University > Anishinaabeg – the late 1600s (Ojibwa, Odawa, Potawatami, Chippewa, Mississauga, Algonquin, Delaware)
- Northumberland site – nil
- Ontario genealogy – anecdotal, ‘tone?’
- Muskoka site – couldn’t find anything re. history
- Wikipedia
- visit Muskoka – Algonquin, Huron, Chippawa
- Muskoka Heritage – Chippewa, Ojibwa, Potawatomi
- Kawartha Lakes -reconciliation> Hiawatha, Mississauga
- Wikipedia > Anishnaabeg, Huron – Wendat > Haudenosaunee
- Lindsay Advocate > Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg (broad perspective!)
- Durham site – nil
- Durham immigration >Iroquois. Ojibwa (Mississauga)
- Oshawa this week > Huron – Wendat (1350-1450),
- Oshawa Museum
- ontario.ca
- Simcoe site – Anishnaabeg (3 fires = Ojibwe, Odawa, Pottawatomi), Chippewa
- Simcoe Archaeological Management Plan
- Georgian College – V.G. > Huron-Wendat = 5 Haudenosaunee-speaking > Iroquois (Attinniaoentren, Hatingeennonniahak, Arendaenronnon, Atahontaenrat, Ataronchronon)
- York site – nil
- Wikipedia – Paleo (9000-7000 BCE) > Archaic > Early Iroquoian (1300 CE) > empty > Mississauga (late 17th early 18th century)
- Toronto site-starts at 1600
- Peel site – Wyandot, Seneca, Mississauga, Ojibway, Mohawk, Inuktitut, Michif (10,000 years ago > temporary camps) > 1,000 years ago agriculture – semi-permanent villages > 1300s longhouses near the river
- Dufferin site-nil found
- Dufferin Museum – Excellent: context, maps, links
- Grey – enter ‘native history’ in search bar >
- Archaeological Study = a download from the link above
- Wellington– a secondary source on the website
- Wikipedia – not much info
- Halton
- Wikipedia – land surrenders ( a Mississauga word?)
- Hamilton site > Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Mississauga, Anishnaabek
- Niagara site
- Ontario.ca
- Niagara Region Archaeological Management Plan – very detailed, maps of settlement sites
- Haldimand site – Six nations, Mississaugas (Poor)
- Brant
- Waterloo
- 6 Nations of the Grand River
- Wikipedia – a little more detail
- Cambridge
- Kitchener
- Waterloo
- Wilmot
- North Dumfries
- Wellesley
- Woolwich
- Bruce
- Huron
- Perth
- Oxford
- Norfolk
- Elgin
- Middlesex – Anishnaabe (Ojibwe), Neutral
- access genealogy > arrogant tone? Hurons (Wyandots) > Southern Iroquois Confederacy – 1580 > Mississaugas > Southern Iroquois Confederacy > Neutral > Algonquin (Huron) > Otchipwas & Mississauga – 1649
- Lambton
- Chatham-Kent
- Essex site>Wyandot, Huron,Ottawa
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