Bead Hill National Historic Site of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
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colincan
N 43° 48.288 W 079° 08.490
17T E 649492 N 4851871
The Seneca of the Iroquois Five Nations Confederacy had two 17th century settlements in the Toronto vicinity of which Bead Hill is one. These GPS coordinates do not represent the location of this archaeological site, kept under wraps by authorities.
Waymark Code: WMBKXB
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/31/2011
Views: 21
The Rouge River Valley on the eastern outskirts of Metropolitan Toronto is known to have been an integral part of the historical Toronto Carrying Place eastern portage route which connected Lake Ontario with Lake Simcoe and the Upper Great Lakes. Archaeological evidence from the 17th century suggests the Lower Rouge which divides Pickering from Scarborough was site to the Seneca village Ganatsekwyagon which stood astride this traditional First Nations trail. The Seneca are one of the North Iroquoian aboriginal peoples. Bead Hill is the modern name for the Seneca site, one of only a handful of Seneca settlements uncovered in Ontario, and the best preserved. The fortifications were in the vicinity of the mouth of the river on high ground but the location is sensitive and no public access is allowed by authorities. The GPS coordinates for this placemark are deliberately vague. Artifacts from Bead Hill attest to its occupation calculated to have been between 1669 and 1687. The French razed the settlement on that latter date. More recently the site was threatened by a hotel development but intervention prevented that occurrence. Bead Hill was designated of national significance in 1991. No federal plaque has been erected.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Toronto
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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