Penetanguishene in Simcoe County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Huronia Park

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 7, 2024

1. Huronia Park Marker

Inscription.
Covering a buried war hatchet this memorial marks the peace made here August 3rd, 1921 between the Huron and the Iroquois.

Erected by
J. T. Payette
Mayor of Penetanguishene

Erected by J. T. Payette.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Parks & Recreational Areas • Peace. A significant historical date for this entry is August 3, 1921.

Location. 44° 47.426′ N, 79° 56.041′ W. Marker is in Penetanguishene, Ontario, in Simcoe County. It is on Fox Street half a kilometer south of Broad Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located in Huronia Park, overlooking Penetang Harbour. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 250 Fox Street, Penetanguishene ON L9M 1E9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Ontario Cottage Country

and specifically in Georgian Bay Country.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the

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Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: “Tigress” — “Scorpion” (within shouting distance of this marker); St. James-on-the-Lines (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Naval and Military Establishments on Lake Huron / Établissements navals et militaires du lac Huron (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Métis Dwelling / Demeure Métis (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Henry Wolsey Bayfield (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); James Keating (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); C. Beck Manufacturing Company / la société C. Beck Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Penetanguishene Tercentenary Polar Sea Expedition (approx. 2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Penetanguishene.

Also see . . . What’s the origin of "bury the hatchet"? (StraightDope.com).

Excerpt: “Bury the hatchet” is an Indianism (a phrase borrowed from Native American speech). The term comes from an Iroquois ceremony in which war axes or other weapons were literally buried in the ground
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 7, 2024

2. Huronia Park Marker
Looking west across Huronia Park; Penetang Harbour is in the background.
as a symbol of newly made peace.

(Submitted on November 9, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.