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The Newash Indian Village 1842
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2005
Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted October, 2011
Plaque Location
The County of Grey
The City of Owen Sound
On the southwest corner of
4th Avenue West and 21st Street West
Coordinates: N 44 34.949 W 80 56.963 |
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Plaque Text
Following the Indian treaty of 1836, a Reserve along the western shore of Owen Sound was set aside for the Band headed by Chief Newash. In 1842, the Indian village of Newash, established here previous to the founding of the adjacent community of Sydenham (now Owen Sound), was rebuilt by the government. It contained fourteen log houses, a school and a barn. Wesleyan Methodist missionaries ministered to the Indians, and in 1845 a frame chapel, the predecessor of the present church, was completed. In 1857 the Reserve, containing some 4,450 ha, was ceded to the government and most of the Indians moved to Cape Croker.
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