Saint-Louis

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - January, 2010

Plaque Location

In the Township of Tay in the County of Simcoe
at coordinates N 44 43.525 W 79 46.862
off Granny White Sideroad.

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Plaque Text

Saint-Louis was the name given by the Jesuits to the stockaded village of the Ataronchronon tribe of the Wendat, or Huron Confederacy, which stood here in the 1640's. On the morning of 16 March 1649 a large Iroquois war party stormed the neighbouring village of Taenhatentaron (Saint-Ignace), then fell on Saint-Louis. Among those captured and carried off to be put to death amid the ruins of Saint-Ignace were Fathers Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalement, who had been conducting a mission at Saint-Louis. Within a year the Iroquois raids had devastated Huronia and dispersed its once numerous population.

Related Ontario plaque pages
Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons (1639-1649)
Gateway to Huronia

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