The Alexandra Site (1) Commemorative Plaque, 2008
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Resource ID
4902
Access
Open
Address
L'Amoreaux North Park
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2008
Historical Themes
Archaeological Heritage, Indigenous Heritage
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Time Period
Pre-colonization
Caption
The Alexandra Site (1) Commemorative Plaque, 2008
Description
About 600 years ago this was the site of a vibrant village of 800 to 1000 people ancestors of the Huron-Wendat nation. Though their name for this place is lost their village was discovered under a farmer's field and named the Alexandra site in 2001. In a lengthy excavation archaeologists revealed evidence of longhouses sweat lodges and garbage pits. Nearly 20 000 artifacts were documented and collected from the site before it was developed as a residential subdivision. No human burials were found.
Among this site's artifacts were beads made of sea shells from the eastern seaboard - proof that the people here were linked to extensive trading networks. This was also an agricultural community surrounded by cultivated fields of corns beans squash sunflower and tobacco. Remains of deer lake trout and wild berries among other animals and wild plants indicate that hunting fishing and gathering also supported the community. The village's location on a small ridge above a waterway (now the altered Highland Creek) provided it with fish and fresh water.
Marker lat / long: 43.812944, -79.306462 (WGS84)