PARSONS SITE
Title
PARSONS SITE
Description
You are now near one of Toronto’s most studied archaeological sites. Around 1450, a large ancestral Huron-Wendat village stood on the rise of land overlooking Black Creek. Almost three hectares in size, the village was twice as large as earlier sites, and was occupied during a critical period in ancestral Huron-Wendat history when smaller communities joined to form larger, heavily fortified towns. Archaeological test excavations have revealed evidence of numerous longhouses, semi-subterranean sweatlodges, and a defensive palisade.
Learn more by travelling the “Huron-Wendat Trail.”
Though not depicting the Parsons site, this modern illustration of a Huron-Wendat village of up to 1,500 people shows longhouses, surrounded by a palisade, with fields of corn, beans, and squash beyond.
Since the first excavations in 1952, over 250,000 artefacts have been recovered from this site, which was named for E.A. Parsons who owned the property at the time.
HERITAGE TORONTO 2012
Learn more by travelling the “Huron-Wendat Trail.”
Though not depicting the Parsons site, this modern illustration of a Huron-Wendat village of up to 1,500 people shows longhouses, surrounded by a palisade, with fields of corn, beans, and squash beyond.
Since the first excavations in 1952, over 250,000 artefacts have been recovered from this site, which was named for E.A. Parsons who owned the property at the time.
HERITAGE TORONTO 2012
Creator
Sarah J. McCabe
Date
July 22, 2021
Files
Collection
Citation
Sarah J. McCabe, “PARSONS SITE,” Historic Plaques of Ontario: An Omeka Demo Site, accessed May 5, 2024, https://ontarioplaques.omeka.net/items/show/326.