Friday, February 26, 2010

How many sites might we be looking at?

If we are to define Ahrendarrhonon territory as being contained within an area bounded on the east by Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching, in the west by the Coldwater River Valley, to the north by the Trent Severn Waterway and in the south by a line drawn from Hawkstone to Bass Lake then we must examine most of the sites contained within the current municipalities of the City of Orillia, Severn twp and Oro – Medonte twp. Based on the data that I am aware of this portion of Huronia contains about 260 archaeological sites.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Who were Iroquet’s “people?”

In my previous post I had stated that Brule was sent by Champlain to live with an Algonquin chief named Iroquet and his people. I also stated that Iroquet was the Chief of the Petite Nation (Weskarini) who lived on the Ottawa River south of Ottawa (Quebec side on the Petite Nation River).

Friday, February 12, 2010

400 Years of Tourism in Huronia

This year will mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Huronia’s first European tourist. It was in the fall of 1610 that Étienne Brule accompanied a group of Algonquin from the Ottawa Valley on their trek to Huronia to spend the winter with their allies.

website about the Andastes or Susquehannocks

http://www.spanishhill.com/susquehannocks/who.shtml

is a site with some information about the Andastes or Susquehannocks who had a connection to Etienne Brule.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Chapter meeting Feb. 11th


Ontario Archaelogical Society Huronia Chapter meeting agenda
Feb. 11, 2010 Thursday