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==History== | |||
*Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the region was inhabited by Algonquian (Ojibwe, Cree and Algonquin) in the northern/western portions, and Iroquois and Wyandot (Huron) people more in the south/east.[34] During the 17th century, the Algonquians and Hurons fought the Beaver Wars against the Iroquois. | |||
* From 1634 to 1640, Hurons were devastated by European infectious diseases, such as measles and smallpox, to which they had no immunity. By 1700, the Iroquois had seceded from Ontario and the Mississaugas of the Ojibwa had settled the north shore of Lake Ontario. The remaining Huron settled north of Quebec. | |||
*The first European settlements were in 1782–1784 when 5,000 American loyalists entered what is now Ontario following the American Revolution.[40] The Kingdom of Great Britain granted them 200 acres land and other items with which to rebuild their lives. The British also set up reserves in Ontario for the Mohawks who had fought for the British and had lost their land in New York state. | |||
*Other Iroquois, also displaced from New York were resettled in 1784 at '''the Six Nations reserve''' at the west end of Lake Ontario. The Mississaugas, displaced by European settlements, would later move to Six Nations also. | |||
*American troops in the War of 1812 invaded Upper Canada across the Niagara River and the Detroit River, but were defeated and pushed back by the British, Canadian fencibles and militias, and '''First Nations warriors.''' | |||
==Online Records== | ==Online Records== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/181620?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Indian registers of marriages, baptisms, burials from Catholic missions in Ontario, 1843-1915?'''] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/181620?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Indian registers of marriages, baptisms, burials from Catholic missions in Ontario, 1843-1915?'''] | ||