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 THE HURONS AND THE JESUITS. 
 
 In the days gone by when Canada was yet a desolation of 
 forests, tliis portion of the County of Simcoe boasted of popii- 
 lous towns, rude fortifications and a large extent of tilled 
 around. But two hundred years and more have passed since 
 the last of tlie then lords of the soil vanished from this their 
 stronghold ; and all that is left aie the relics of a lost peop e. 
 The forest has again grown over the spot on whicli stood the 
 wigwams, and where the harvests of maize waved ih the sum- 
 mer breeze ; but once in a while a mass of closely packed 
 skeletons and disjoint..d bones are unearthed by the farmers 
 plough. These, with the kettles, weapons and trinkets, in- 
 termingled with them in these vast graves, are the only me- 
 morinls of the nation, who gave their name to our grand lake 
 
 " The Huron." , 
 
 On the Western and Southern banks of Penetanguishene 
 Bay were two of the villages of the Huron nation, who in 
 the small a.ea comprised in the Peninsula lying between 
 Nottawasaga Bay and Lake Simcoe, had in 1639, thirty-two 
 villages with seven hundred dwellings ; four thousand tami- 
 lies, and a total population of about twenty-fivte thousand. 
 
 One of these villages Wenrio, lay near the foot of the 
 hill at the South-West corner of the Bay ; the other jHONA- 
 TiRiA, back of that part of the present harbour called the 
 North-West Basin, almost immediately opposite the Provin- 
 cial Reformatory. , 
 In 1613 the great Champlain had pierced his way through 
 from Quebec to our waters. The route taken by him was 
 up the River Ottawa, thence across Lake Nipissmg down the 
 French River and along the shores of Georgian Bay, here. 
 And with the hope of spreading the seeds of their laith 
 amongst the Huron Tribes, Briebeuf, Daniel and Davost, three 
 of the Jesuit Fathers, were in 1634 sent as the first mis- 
 sionaries from the French Establishment at Quebec. ^^fter 
 a voyage, in which they endured the most terrible hardships, 
 the Fathers landed on the shores of Thunder Bay, a few 
 miles from here, and from thence proceeded on foot to the 
 Village of Ihonatiria on the borders of our harbour. 
 
From tliur. t'uuc hII tlie liof^js of tlie Jesuit« in Fiance »m\ 
 Oaiiadrt were centeied in this seccioii of th« countiy. To 
 Civilize airi (Jhristikinize » lace like ihe Hinons, who, instead 
 of being of migratoiy habits like the generality of the In- 
 dian tribes, wonid have formed a perni<nient and abiding 
 nucleus from wijich their Faith would huve spread aujongst 
 the other tribes of North America, (apart from the political 
 help it would have been towards the forming of the " N«w 
 France" on this continent) was a trsk worthy' of th*ir en- 
 thusiasm, and one to which these devoted missionaries and 
 their successors, lent themselves with a heroism and courage 
 almost without parallel. But disease, famine and the cruel 
 and relentless wars with the Iroquois, were all against them ; 
 aniJ after leading a mar+yr's life, most of them died a mar- 
 tyr's death. In 1649 the Hurons were almost exterminated 
 by the Iroquois, and fiom that time, the small remnant, 
 scourged by famine and disgrace, were persistently harassed 
 by their enemy ; until in despair the few survivors of a 
 once powei'ful nation, fled the country and sought lefugo at 
 Quebec. 
 
PE1TETA1TGT7ISBS1T1: 
 
 As a Pdrt and Military Station. 
 
 About the sjinie date as the birth of Toronto, Governor 
 Simcoe, for rueic.intile pmposos, determined on eojinecting 
 Lttkes Ontario and Huron by aa direct a loute as possible. 
 For that purpose the Governor had visited Lake Huron, and 
 discovering the harbour of Penetans;uishene to be tit for shij)- 
 ping, Yonge Street was opened to Holland River, and com- 
 munication established by two routes from that point to 
 Penetangwishene. By this means the circuitous route by 
 Lake Erie w«s avoided. The Gazetteer of 1799 refers to our 
 harbour as " a very excellent harbour." 
 
 The PenetanguishHne Road, completing the direct road to 
 Toronto, was not however built urUil 1847. 
 
 The date of the first military or naval settlement at Pene- 
 tanguishene, seems very hard to be got at, as no authentic 
 records ap oar to have been kept. In 1827 John Gait was 
 here, and refei-s to the place at that time as "the Military 
 Station and Dock Yard of Penetanguishene." Again he 
 says, " we reached Penetanguishene, the remotest and most 
 *' inland dock yard that owns obedience to the meteor flag, 
 of England " whereby orders of the Admiralty, His Majesty's 
 gun-boat, " the Bee, was placed at my disposal." 
 
 There are four gun-boats sunk in the harbor of Penetan- 
 guishene, which were sunk here some time after the Ameri- 
 can War and before 1828. 
 
 In 1828 the British Post was removed from Drummond'a 
 Island to Penetanguishene, on the former plaee being 
 given up to the Americans. The British detachments 
 stationed op Drummond's Island, were parts of the 71at, 
 79th, 24th and 15th Regiments. In 1828 there was also a 
 detachment of marines under Lieut. Woodin, R.N., at Pene- 
 tanguishene. 
 
 In 1832 the first great reduction of the naval and military 
 establishment at Penetanguishene took place. Amongst the 
 articles advertised to be sold by the Crown, by Public Auc- 
 tion at Penetanguishene, on the 15th of March, 1832, were : 
 The Tecumseth, Schooner, 175 tons ; The Newash, BrigaH- 
 tine, 175 tons; 2 he Bee, Gun-boat, 41 tons; The Mosquito^ 
 Gun- boat, 31 ions; The Wasp, Gun-Uoat, 41 tons. Bat- 
 teaux, three in number ; one thirty-two teet cutter ; two 
 
nineteen feet gi;,', «"<l " '""!« 'I'""" ' 
 
 other marine sto.eR. ,„ jj^,,,, H.iWon, 
 
 ,„J of i„co.-,.omte.l .mU"» "'"'';.'■; '"'',;. ,. "n.ler Lieut, 
 tionea l,e..e. /- j^f' ^'^^^^:.U. Lieut. lUy. 
 
 nadmn Kifl^'S under Lieut, lack. i^^^^^^^ ^,^^^j Canadian 
 
 Ritlesuudei Lieut, l^^^^;'''*';^^ ;.,r. Rnroiled Penaioners 
 Rifles under Lieut. iMothit. l>i i^'>^ 
 
 un.ler Ca,.t.iin "^I'^g^'^^' . ^^^^.^ ^y,, J/.W.., laid up ; . tlie 
 The gun-hoats since 1840 v^e t, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ .^,^^^ 
 
 stenmer, Kxpe^'lmcnt, Lieut. Boxei , 
 
 '^y^"^"- , ••*,.« to Venetuncruirtl.ene were F.anklin 
 
 iiucient, .lepot was tm.ill) em 'V R„f„,m ,toi-v. 
 
 Thedistia,mi.l,ea Cmulmn wntu . ^^^ ,. p^,,^,^^„. 
 
 to Governor Si.ncoe's ''"■"'''"'"„ ,,ec,„ir"es such «n ,.1>- 
 
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 " thence to pash on to th : N;'>^ '•^;^ ;■ (,,, ,,„era!,le Doc 
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 PENETANGUISHENE 
 
 IIT 1880 
 
 Though the Uiime of Penetanguishiine is old and historic, 
 the piesoiit Village of Pou'^tanguishone is very modern. In 
 fact it caniiot be said to daie hack nnicn furUier than four or 
 five years, to the time of the inception of the North Simcoe 
 Railway. For since that time nearly all the buildings of any 
 consequence that now exist in it, have been erected. Since 
 the advent of the tlailway in. 1879, Penetanguishene h»« 
 made a more rapid advance in ])roportion, than any other 
 place in Ontario. This year there has been erected, or is 
 still being erected, a glass factory, a bieweiy, Charles Beck 
 & Co.'s saw mill, with a cutting capacity o^ ten million feet, 
 and the Brentwood Mill Compary's saw mill with a similar 
 capacity. This latter Company is only just commencing 
 building operations, and will be a great addition to the vil- 
 kge. Amongst other manufacturies, Penetanguishene has a 
 match factory, furniture factory, broom-handle factory and 
 clothes pin factory. A tannery, foundry, planing mill and 
 three other saw mills, viz. : McGibbon's, Davidsin's and 
 Copelands. It's jjosition, now that it has connection with 
 the Ptailway system of the continent, for manufacturing pur- 
 poses is most excellent, Situated in the midst ®f a country 
 abounding in pine and every description of hardwood, ob- 
 tamable at a merely nominal figure. With unrivalled ship- 
 ping facilities by water and rail, it bids fair to beconnea large 
 manufacturing town. Certainly if it does as well in future 
 years as it has this year, its progress will be steady and rapid. 
 The Provincial Reformatory, situated at the outskirts of 
 the village, is an Institution of great importance and public 
 interest. It's situation is peculiarly lovely, and nature at 
 any rate uses her best efforts to make the life of the youths 
 confined ther^ a happy one. There are now over two h. 
 dred boys in the Reformatory and large additions are being 
 made to the building. There is very little of the prison in 
 the working of the Institution, it partaking more of the na- 
 ture of a large public school, so that there is no repulsive 
 ideas connected with the having such a place in close prox- 
 imity to our town, but rather a feeling that we have one of 
 tihe most interesting institutions in the Province in our 
 midst. No person should leave Penetanguishene without 
 visiting the Reformatory. 
 
The magnificent Island scenery which commences at the 
 mouth of our harbor, and Htretches in an unbroken cliain for 
 some hundred miles Northward, will make this pliice </te suin- 
 raer resort of the North. Any thine: more beautiful and 
 grand than this glorious Archipelago cannot be conceived, 
 with its thirty thousand islands, with all tiieir varied forms : 
 barren, wooded, sandy, rocky, wind swept and storm polished 
 islands of every conceivable shape and form and size. Hero 
 there is no danger of nature becoming hackneyed or 'monoton- 
 ous. And the fishing and shooting is in keeping with the 
 scenery — equallyfgood and varied. The whole ohitin is a 
 summer Paradise, on which all the beauties of the St. Law- 
 rence and Muf>koka scenery are combined, with the cooling 
 breezes of Like Huron. 
 
 Impressed with the fact that all the place needed to make 
 it a popular reaoj't for summer tourists was a good hotel, our 
 enterprising tfi^-izen, Mr. Copeland, erected the fine new ho- 
 tel, " The Georgian Bay House," which was finally corn 
 pleted this season. A glance over the rtjgister of guests will 
 show how well his efforts have been appreciated, and how 
 widely the i-eputation of the Georgian B?<y Hotel has spread- 
 It has iiow the reputation of being one of the most comfoi t- 
 able and desirable summer resercs in Canada, combined with 
 a moderateness in its charges that is a pleasing change from 
 the generality of summer houses. 
 
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