Page 19 - Alderville First Nation

Back row from left: Thomas Marsden (born at the Bay of Quinte), Peter
Crowe (born in 1835 at Grape Island), Francis Beaver; front row from left:
George Blaker (born at the Bay of Quinte; died in 1909), Indian Agent John
Thackery, Chief Mitchell Chubb (died in 1901), and William Loukes

At this time, the band moved to the area which is now called WORDS TO KNOW
Alderville. At various times, other groups of Mississauga people band: a community of First
living near Kingston and Gananoque also moved to Alderville. Nations people who have
chiefs, traditions, and usually
They continued to hunt, fish, and trap as they always had, but lands, for whom the federal
also began to establish farming plots in the area. Our people government is holding lands
and monies for their benefit
have lived in the present-day community of Alderville for over
Indian Agent: in the past, a
180 years.
representative of the Canadian
government in charge of the
Alderville was originally called Aldersville to honour Robert
affairs of a First Nation
Alder, a Methodist missionary and teacher from England who
visited in the 1830s. This name shows the influence of the church
on our community.

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