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The history of Ontario covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands that make up present-day Ontario, the most populous province of Canada as of the early 21st century have been inhabited for millennia by groups of Aboriginal people, with French and British exploration and colonization commencing in the 17th century.
The Algonquins of Ontario Settlement Area covers 36,000 square kilometers of land in eastern Ontario. The area is historically unceded land, and is an area with more than 1.2 million people. [ 1 ]
1784 Haldimand sets up 8 new townships for settlement along the upper St Lawrence from the westernmost seigneury to modern Brockville, Ontario, and five more around Cataraqui. 1784 – About 9,000 United Empire Loyalists are settled in what is now southern Ontario, chiefly in Niagara , around the Bay of Quinte , and along the St. Lawrence River ...
The villages were settled during a time of relative peace. In 1673 when the French established their first settlement along Lake Ontario, Fort Frontenac, in present-day Kingston, Ontario, many Iroquois from the nearby village of Ganneious resettled closer to the Fort. [10]
Dundas County is a former county in the province of Ontario, Canada.It was named after Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who was the British Home Secretary (1791–1794), with responsibility for the colonies.
The territory of the Oneida Settlement is part of the traditional hunting area known as the Beaver Hunting Grounds, which was recognized in 1701 Nanfan Treaty. The people who live there are descendants of many later migrants, a small group of assimilated/Christian Oneidas who relocated to Southwold, Ontario, Canada from New York state in 1840
They enter into a contract with the Canada Company for the purchase of land in Biddulph in the Huron Tract in Ontario, lots 2, 3, and 5 north of the Proof Line Road and lot 11 south of the road. 1829. July–August — Cincinnati riots of 1829 force more than 1,000 African-Americans to leave the city. A group of these set out for the settlement.
The settlement of Creemore began in 1842, and by the turn of the century it was a thriving village of about 800 people with a vibrant business community. Creemore's name and town origins have strong Irish roots – the name is derived from the Irish “cron mor,” which means “big heart” and it was the village's founder, Irish entrepreneur ...