The Shawashkong River Story
(6000 to first European contact) The York River established its present form about 4,700 years ago and has been used by the Algonquin for thousands
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(6000 to first European contact) The York River established its present form about 4,700 years ago and has been used by the Algonquin for thousands
On the downhill slope from the Hawkwatch, the soil depth enables healthy tree growth. Compare the healthy red oak trees here to the stunted red
The Algonquin and their ancestors traveled, camped, hunted, fished, conducted ceremonies and communed with the natural world since truly ancient times. The Algonquin believe that
With the retreat of the ice, animals such as caribou, moved into the newly opened landscape grazing on the emerging vegetation. Waterfowl took advantage of
Indigenous peoples have lived in the area, before, and since the last glaciers receded, more than 10,000 years ago. Although the period that people of European descent have lived here is very short in comparison, 1850 and onwards, that is not to say that their story is not a colourful one.
Built I 1938, the 100-foot steel fire tower atop Eagles Nest, providing a view of about 1,800 square km, where smoke could be detected from
Oral history recounts that in the summer of 1883 a family was alerted by the screams of a small child playing outdoors at the base
TOURISM- SETTLEMENT CONTINUES Following the influx of the railway lines and the eventual improvement of the road networks that accessed Bancroft and North Hastings, tourism
1866- Gold discovered in Eldorado area of Centre Hastings 1882- William Coe and Harry Johnson form company to work iron ore finds in Coe Hill
1894- As more settlers made Bancroft and the York River their homes connections and separations were made with Algonquin First Nations from the area. When
1887- In the years of the river drives, media reports found their way into city newspaper print of the “Wild West” type activities as the
1865- As settlers build a life on the Free Grant land in North Hastings interaction with the First Nations Algonquins was inevitable. A well documented
1. Settler must be at least 18 years of age. 2. He must take possession of the land within one month, and within four years
European Contact in the York River Valley Extracts from (Bancroft- A Bonanza of Memories by Nila Reynolds 1979) (Wee Bit of Wicklow by Wicklow Research
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