Jordan in Lincoln in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Neutral Nation
Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025
1. Neutral Nation - Marker
Inscription.
Neutral Nation. . Indigenous peoples have been present in the Niagara Peninsula for some 13,000 years. They arrived at the end of the last ice age, hunting game and harvesting fish. Over this expanse of time distinct groups formed, including that known as "la nation neutre" or Neutral Nation. This Iroquoian-speaking confederation of tribes inhabited an area from western Lake Ontario to the Niagara River, including the Town of Lincoln, by the time of European contact around 1600. French explorers gave them this name because of their impartial stance in the conflict between the Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee. We don't know what they called themselves, but to the Huron-Wendat they were Attiwandaron, an appellation that means "people who speak a slightly different language." Archaeological evidence reveals significant Neutral Nation settlements from Milton to Grimsby to Niagara, that were sustained by agriculture, hunting and fishing, and active trade with other Indigenous peoples and Europeans.
Indigenous peoples have been present in the Niagara Peninsula
for some 13,000 years. They arrived at the end of the last ice age,
hunting game and harvesting fish. Over this expanse of time
distinct groups formed, including that known as "la nation neutre"
or Neutral Nation. This Iroquoian-speaking confederation of tribes
inhabited an area from western Lake Ontario to the Niagara River,
including the Town of Lincoln, by the time of European
contact around 1600. French explorers gave them this name
because of their impartial stance in the conflict between the
Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee. We don't know what they
called themselves, but to the Huron-Wendat they were Attiwandaron,
an appellation that means "people who speak a slightly
different language." Archaeological evidence reveals significant
Neutral Nation settlements from Milton to Grimsby to Niagara,
that were sustained by agriculture, hunting and fishing,
and active trade with other Indigenous peoples and Europeans.
79° 22.239′ W. Marker is in Lincoln, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is in Jordan. It can be reached from Main Street. The marker is on the property of the Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre, 5 metres from the south-east corner of the old school house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3800 Main Street, Lincoln ON L0R 1S0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe and in Niagara Canada. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Ruperts Land.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
