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Huronia (Wendat: Wendake) is a historical region in the province of Ontario, Canada.It is positioned between lakes Simcoe, Ontario, and Huron.Similarly to the latter, it takes its name from the Wendat or Huron, an Iroquoian-speaking people, who lived there from prehistoric times until 1649 during the Beaver Wars when they were defeated and displaced by the Five Nations of the Iroquois who ...
The office was initially located in the Tudhope Building downtown (part of which is currently used as the Orillia City Hall) until the new building was opened in 1995. The headquarters, known as the Lincoln M. Alexander Building, is located on Memorial Avenue near the Huronia Regional Centre.
English: A map of Jesuit Missions in Huronia, Ontario, Canada, 1648. Located in the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. Source states "no known copyright restrictions" and "no known restrictions on use.
Huronia may refer to: Huronia (region), the historical homeland of the Huron/Wendat/Wyandot nation in Ontario; Huronia, a genus of mollusks This page ...
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
Map of Lake Huron and the other Great Lakes. Lake Huron (/ ˈ h jʊər ɒ n,-ən / HURE-on, -ən) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan.
Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.It is part of the Huronia/Wendat region of Central Ontario.. Located at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport (Midland/Huronia Airport).
Main body of Georgian Bay highlighted on the map of the Great Lakes directly above Lake Ontario, with its outlet on the Saint Lawrence River. This is where the Huron encountered the French. This is where the Huron encountered the French.