Dispersal of Huron-Wendat from Huronia National Historic Event
Wendake, Quebec
Huron-Wendat group from Wendake in Québec, 1880
(© Jules-Ernest Livernois / Musée McCord Museum / MP-0000.223)
Address :
Wendake, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1997-09-22
Other Name(s):
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Dispersal of Huron-Wendat from Huronia
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1996-065
Importance:
Dispersal circa 1650 and their ultimate settlement in Old Wendake in 1697
Plaque(s)
In the first half of the 17th century, the Huron-Wendat, who occupied and farmed a territory south of Georgian Bay, became major partners of the French in the fur trade. Devastated by famine, conflict, and contagious diseases from Europe, they dispersed from their ancestral lands in 1650. Some were taken in by neighbouring peoples, others were drawn to the French settlements at Québec. In 1697, after many travels, about 150 people, chiefly of the Attigeeniongnahak nation, re-established their community here, near the Kabir Kouba Falls.