Trenton in Quinte West in Hastings County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Champlain's War Party, 1615

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 5, 2024

1. Champlain's War Party, 1615 Marker

Inscription. In September, 1615, a small party of Frenchmen commanded by Samuel de Champlain, and some five hundred Huron Indians, passed down the Trent River on their way to attack the Iroquois who lived in what is now northern New York State. Joined by a band of Algonkians they skirted the eastern end of Lake Ontario and journeyed southward to a palisaded Onondaga village near the present site of Syracuse, N.Y. Champlain was wounded, the attack repulsed, and the discomfited allies returned to Huronia. This expedition increased the hostility of the Five Nations towards the French and their Indian supporters, which culminated in the defeat and dispersal of the Hurons, 1649-50.

Erected by Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1615.

Location. 44° 5.992′ N, 77° 34.494′ W. Memorial is in Quinte West, Ontario, in Hastings County. It is in Trenton. It

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is at the intersection of Quinte Street and Albert Street on Quinte Street. Marker is in Alyea Park, adjacent to Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 19 Quinte St, Quinte West ON K8V 3S7, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Ontario

and specifically in Southeastern Ontario.

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: O. G. "Buster" Alyea Memorial Park (a few steps from this marker); Liberation of Holland 45th Anniversary (a few steps from this marker); War Memorial Cenotaph (within shouting distance of this marker); World Wars Memorial (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Post Office Building Clock Tower (about 150 meters away); Granting the Freedom of the City of Trenton

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 5, 2024

2. Champlain's War Party, 1615 Marker

Champlain did not have the nearby
World War I-era field gun with his party

(about 150 meters away); Granting the Freedom of the City of Quinte West (about 150 meters away); a different marker also named Granting the Freedom of the City of Trenton (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quinte West.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.