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Parsons Site

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2013

This 2012 Heritage Toronto plaque, one of four along the Huron-Wendat Trail, is located on the southeast corner of Sentinel Road and Murray Ross Parkway in the Hydro Corridor, north of Finch Avenue West. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.76470 -79.50104

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You are now near one of Toronto's most studied archeological sites. Around 1450, a large ancestral Huron-Wendat village stood on the rise of land overlooking Black Creek. Almost three hectares in size, the village was twice as large as previous sites, and was occupied during a critical period in ancestral Huron-Wendat history when smaller communities joined to form larger, heavily fortified towns. Archeological test excavations have revealed evidence of numerous longhouses, semi-subterranean sweatlodges, and a defensive palisade.

Other Huron-Wendat Trail plaques
How The Earth Was Formed
Toronto's Huron-Wendat Heritage
Transforming Village Life

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