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The Wyandot
Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2009
Plaque Location
The County of Essex
The Town of Amherstburg
In a cemetery on the west side of the intersection of
Road 20 (Front Road North) and Road 10
Coordinates: N 42 08.658 W 83 06.837 |
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Plaque Text
This area was once the home of the Wyandot, remnants of the Huron, Neutrals, and Petuns who were dispersed by the Iroquois in the 1640's. Some eventually reunited and settled along the Detroit River, where they became known as the Hurons of Detroit, or Wyandot. After the fall of New France, the Wyandot became supporters of the British during the American Revolution although many remained neutral in the War of 1812. In the 1840's a number of the Wyandot were moved to a reserve in Kansas while others stayed to help develop this region.
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