Wendake is the current name for the Huron-Wendatreserve a short distance north of Quebec City, Quebec. This was formerly known as Village-des-Hurons, or "Huron Village", and also as (Jeune)-Lorette. Its inhabitants are the predominantly Catholic descendents of Hurons displaced from their original homeland near Midland, Ontario through war with the Iroquois in 1650. The exact location of the village has shifted several times, before coming to stand at the modern-day site (Jeune-Lorette) in 1697. The mostly non-Huron suburb of Ancienne-Lorette stands on the site of a former Wendat site.
Wendake was also the name given by Hurons to this original Ontario homeland south of Georgian Bay, which is also known as Huronia.
The Huron-Wendat of Wendake (formerly called the Hurons of Lorette) originally came from the Georgian Bay region.
Wendake was also the name given by Hurons to this original Ontario homeland south of Georgian Bay in Simcoe County and Grey County, a region also informally known as "Huronia" or the Georgian Triangle.
Efforts were made to establish a permanent settlement but the lack of supplies and exhausting effort of clearing fields and beginning afresh combined with the inadequate resources of the island doomed these efforts.
On the other hand, Lorette has been renamed "Wendake" to commemorate the origins of the inhabitants and, like native people everywhere, they are taking a renewed pride in their heritage.
The Wyandot (Wyandotte) of Oklahoma and Kansas, the Anderdon Band and the Wendat of the new Wendake represent a continuation of distinct Wendat cultures despite massive transformation.
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