http://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/397605ad641b38126121814d32c9ed08.pdf 538b777f26360ffb63b34a2522c966ff PDF Text Text or FORT ERIE: : : II GAI mvAAH- GEH" • The Indian name of the locality 11Gai gwaah geh, signifies "The • Place of the Hats". Seneca tradition relates as its origin that in olden til1.1es, soon after the first white man �isited; occured on the lake betvrnen Indians in �heir �&noes. a party of French in a batteaux, and \ The latter were victorious, and the french boats were sunk and the crew drowned ashore where the Fort was sequently built; • Their hats floated and attracting the attention of the Indians from their novelty; locality a battle they called the The Place of the Hats" 11 The NEUTRAL INDIANS'that·lived on the Canadian shores of Lake Erie and on both sides of the Niagara River were known as the Attiwandarons or the more common name the Neutrals. The Indian name ment people with a slightly different language. In 1525 "The League of the Iroquios " was named the Wendat. Islanders of Dwellers of the Penninsula. Wy ndot. . . • From it we get the name The Confederacy which lived east of JLake Erie and south of La.� _ e Ontario were then knctm as the Jfive Nations. the Seneca :Cayuga : Oneida: . ! • This rnent Mohawk, They consisted of and Onondaga. man eater 3,000. Mohawk 2. Oneida a rock set up and standing. 1,000. 3.onondaga on the hill or mountain 3.000. �-.Cayuga Where locusts taken our. 2.000. 5. Seneca : distorted variant of Oneida name. 7.000. having common origin. 6. 'luscarora 1600. .. 1713. B y this date thelroqu;t0s nation was known as the six Nation Indians or 11Akaonsioni" people who build houses,. as they lived in longhouses • • � http://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/ea64382e4f725ac1a84743c5b3ed6743.pdf 5c48c755f5981531dfaa85a56c6e73e9 PDF Text Text AMI GARI::: At the western end of Gilmore Rd. was a small railroad • settlement, later called ArrQgari. In 1878 residents of the locality asked Chr:tstopher Bunting the sitting member of Pstrliament, to have a post o f f i c e established there. The choi,ce of the ..name came up, and someone after conference with Mr. Bunting suggested that they honor the member, by na mi ng the post o f fi c e after the Irish village in which he was born. This was acceptab.le to the majority, and so it was decided to call the place Al'.ligan, after an Irish village.That name was sent into the authorities, who thought the n was a n i r. Accordingly the name was called Amigari not Amigan as had been intended. inf. froml957 Centennial addition of the Evening Tribune. Amigari,had been known as Iri.sh Row from the beginning unofficially. There was a large number of Irishmen living just by the race track, and those who did not work for the railroad no doubt sought work or pleasure there. It had it's own school on the north side of Gilmore,just up from the corner of Dunlop St. The General Store of Mr. He.rel stood on the er. of Dunlop and Gilmore, later :f1alkins. It was in this building that the first post office was housed. The Grand Trunk Hotel built in the late 601s stood just west of the railroad. tracks. Between it and the :tracks was the old G.T.R. station. It did not sit close to the Gilmore Rd. was some distance north. In the early 19001s a veP.y small wa.:Lting station was built on the s.w. Concession. The Gilnore Rd. G.T.R. �acing but er. of Gilmore and roundhouse stood on the.N� the entrance of Concession Rd. side of The old Methodist Church stood on the south side of Gilmore some two blocks from Concession. A feed mill was eventually built not far from the General Store. Later a second store was built on the S.E. er. of Gilmore and Concession, and in it's early years was operated and owned by Mr. Seaton, then by Vr t . Jackson. eventually moved into this building. The post office was � http://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/e5ab825e6519276ad0de64a95ba28f8c.pdf 91ceecbbc19dc272f5577237837b0014 PDF Text Text HUHONS: • rnunbered Early in the 16. 000 souls; 17 century the Hurons or '.rhey lived in Brie 8( Georgian Bay of =.2..ke Buron. Rock Dear a narrow district between Lake There were four tribes: a wide stretch of unpopulated forest were tge TIONONTATES called Petuns or T ob ac c o Nation. numbered 20.000 lived on the northern shores of Lake Huron & Superior :�r o m Georgian Bay to the prari e s . ment people whose moccasins have punched seems • • thie Bear: Ojibwa. The Petuns to the southwest across • Wyond ots 1 1 & Cord. The Algonkins lived around the The Ojibwa " Their name � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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