FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Teiaiagon was a Seneca village on the east bank of the Humber River in Toronto. The name means 'It crosses the stream'. The site is currently near the intersection of Jane and Bloot Streets. Built, 1676, some 50 years after the arrival of Etienne Brule, it was a trading post and meeting place between the Indians and European traders.
The village was inhabited by 4000-5000 people and comprised of 50 long houses.By 1687 the village was overtaken by the Mississauga Indians and later by the French (1750) with a fort called Baby Point (a name now taken by the neighbourhood).
Toronto is a Huron people's word meaning 'Meeting Place'.
The first settlement in the entire Toronto area, was Teiaiagon, which was populated by the Seneca Indians and then later by the Mississauga Indians on the east bank of the Humber River.
The first European to stand on the shores of Lake Ontario in the vicinity of what is now Toronto was French explorer Etienne Brule.
There are 1 more (non-authoritative) comments on this page
Feeds |
Contact