Wintering Site National Historic Site of Canada
Port Dover, Ontario
Address :
Donjon Boulevard near Somerset Drive, Port Dover, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1919-10-28
Dates:
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1669 to 1670
(Construction)
Event, Person, Organization:
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René Bréhent de Galinée
(Person)
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François Dollier de Casson
(Person)
Other Name(s):
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Wintering Site
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1989-A07
DFRP Number:
10466 00
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 77 Donjon Boulevard and Somerset Dr., Port Dover, Ontario
Here, 1669-1670, wintered Dollier and Galinée with seven other frenchmen, the first Europeans known to have ascended the Great Lakes to Sault Ste. Marie. The earthen mounds are the remains of their hut which was at once residence, chapel and fort.