Amherstburg in Essex County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
The Great Sauk Trail
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2010
1. The Great Sauk Trail Marker
Inscription.
The Great Sauk Trail. . Part of an ancient network of Indian paths, the Great Sauk Trail, as it came to be known, extended from Rock Island in present-day Illinois to the Detroit River. It played a significant role in the communications between the native peoples in the upper Mississippi Valley and the British in this region, particularly during the period of Anglo-American rivalry following the American Revolution. For four decades pro-British tribes such as the Sauk and the Fox made annual pilgrimages along the trail to Fort Malden. Here they met with officials of the British Indian Department and participated in gift-giving ceremonies reaffirming their alliance. When these exchanges were terminated by the British in the late 1830s, the Great Sauk Trail gradually fell into disuse.
Part of an ancient network of Indian paths, the Great Sauk Trail, as it came to be known, extended from Rock Island in present-day Illinois to the Detroit River. It played a significant role in the communications between the native peoples in the upper Mississippi Valley and the British in this region, particularly during the period of Anglo-American rivalry following the American Revolution. For four decades pro-British tribes such as the Sauk and the Fox made annual pilgrimages along the trail to Fort Malden. Here they met with officials of the British Indian Department and participated in gift-giving ceremonies reaffirming their alliance. When these exchanges were terminated by the British in the late 1830s, the Great Sauk Trail gradually fell into disuse.
Erected 1985 by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Citizenship and Culture.
Marker is in Amherstburg, Ontario, in Essex County. It is on Dalhousie Street north of Richmond Street, on the right when traveling south. This historical marker is located on the west side of the street, in the Amherstburg Navy Yard Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Amherstburg ON N9V 1W4, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area and in Southwestern 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 Ruperts Land.
View from the site of historical marker, looking south along Dalhousie Street.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,882 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 16, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
