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Munsee-Delaware Nation (Munsee: Nalahii Lunaapewaak, meaning: Lenapes from the Upstream, in contrast with The Lenape at Moraviantown, referred to as "Downstrean Lenapes") is a Lenape First Nations band government located 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of St. Thomas, in southwest Ontario, Canada.
Strathroy is 35 kilometres west of London, Ontario, and is the largest community in Middlesex County outside London. The community is situated next to Highway 402 between London and the border to Port Huron, Michigan, U.S. at Sarnia, Ontario. Strathroy's economy is diverse, and major industries include automotive manufacturing, agriculture and ...
The Munsee originally occupied the headwaters of the Delaware River in present-day New York, [2] New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, [1] extending south to the Lehigh River, and also held the west bank of the Hudson River from the Catskill Mountains nearly to the New Jersey line.
[3] [4] [5] They eventually reestablished their Christian Indian community in what is today southern Ontario. [6] At first temporarily settling near present-day Amherstburg, Ontario , in 1792, Zeisberger obtained permission from the British colonial authorities for the community to inhabit a site on the Thames River , near where it is located ...
In 1763, Chief Seckas of the Thames River brought 170 warriors to the siege of Detroit during Pontiac's uprising. The reserve was established in 1819, as part of a treaty by which the Chippewas of the Thames agreed to share 552,000 acres (2,234 km 2) of land with the British for an annuity of £600 and the establishment of two reserves, of which reserve no. 42 is larger.
Students came to the school from over 18 Indigenous communities in Ontario and Quebec. [5] In 1925 management of the school transferred to the United Church of Canada's Home Board of Missions. [6] The Mount Elgin School was the only residential school operated by the United Church in Ontario. Numerous additions were added to the school over the ...
London, Ontario, London International Airport, Fanshawe Conservation Area: 11 Muncey Road Muncey, Ontario: CR 2 Muncey, Ontario: Formerly continued along River Road to the Elgin County boundary, where it would continue as Elgin CR 20. 12 Townsend Line Lambton County line, continues as Lambton CR 12 CR 81 Keyser, Ontario: 13 William Street ...
Middlesex County is a primarily rural county and census division in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.Landlocked, the county is bordered by Huron and Perth counties on the north, Oxford County on the east, Elgin County on the south, and Chatham-Kent and Lambton County on the west.