Roseneath in Northumberland County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Alderville Indian Reserve 1837-1987

Alderville Indian Reserve Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

1. Alderville Indian Reserve Marker

Inscription. The Mississaugas of the Ojbway (Objebwa) nation collected on Grape Island in the Bay of Quinte in the year 1826 to establish a Wesleyan Methodist Mission. Elder Case with the assistance of Peter Jones converted 102 native peoples and taught them agricultural methods. The lack of sufficient agricultural land on Grape Island caused the transfer of the Mission to an area of (approx.) 3500 acres in Alnwick Township on the south shore of Rice Lake in the year 1837. This Mission, established by Rev E. Case with the assistance of Rev John Sunday, John Simpson, William Beaver, Jacob Shippegaw, and John Pigeon, was named Alderville after the Rev Robert Alder. The centre in this thriving settlement of 40 families, a total of 200 people, was the Chapel, the Manual Labour School, and the Mission House.

The first Chapel was replaced by the present Church in 1870.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1837.

Location. 44° 10.94′ N, 78° 3.812′ W. Marker is

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in Roseneath, Ontario, in Northumberland County. It is on 2nd Line Road 0.1 kilometers east of County Road 45, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11692 2nd Line Road, Roseneath ON K0K 2X0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Kawarthas Northumberland Area

and in Eastern 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 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Alderville Manual Labour School / L’École de Travaux Manuels D’Alderville (within shouting distance of this marker); Alderville First Nation Cenotaph (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); a different marker also named Alderville First Nation Cenotaph (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Harwood (approx. 10.5 kilometers away); Mount Ararat (approx.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

2. Alderville Indian Reserve Marker

11.6 kilometers away); Gravesite of German Workers (approx. 11.6 kilometers away); Warkworth Cheese Country (approx. 14 kilometers away); J.D. Kelly 1862-1958 (approx. 14 kilometers away).

Also see . . . History (alderville.ca).

While the people basically accepted the value of learning to read and write and adapting to a new economy, at the same time their sense of identity would not allow for a complete surrender of their cultural values and language. The Methodist experience among the Mississauga can best be described as a hybrid, or a mixed composition of traditional and western values and spiritual worldview.

The Mississauga actually maintained a hold on many of their traditions including the Ojibway language all through the early decades of the Methodist experience. In realizing that harsher policy was being designed to eradicate these traditions did a stronger resistance develop in the communities.

(Submitted on June 12, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 169 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 12, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.