. Notes of sites of Huron villages in the township of Tiny, Simcoe County, and adjacent parts. Prepared with a view to the identification of those villages visited and described by Champlain and the early missionaries . ol. I).On a recent occasion when the writer visited this place, the founda-tion of the main building could be distinctly seen, (built of stone andlime), and there were three chimnies grouped around this trading house—one apparently at either end of the building, am another at somelittle distance away, representing probably the b, kehouse. Therewere other buildings near at hand,
. Notes of sites of Huron villages in the township of Tiny, Simcoe County, and adjacent parts. Prepared with a view to the identification of those villages visited and described by Champlain and the early missionaries . ol. I).On a recent occasion when the writer visited this place, the founda-tion of the main building could be distinctly seen, (built of stone andlime), and there were three chimnies grouped around this trading house—one apparently at either end of the building, am another at somelittle distance away, representing probably the b, kehouse. Therewere other buildings near at hand, of which the fc 5ndations couldbe traced when Mr. Abbott first went there. 46. On Bluff Point, near Port Severn, some pottery fragmentspipes, etc., have been observed. No other relics have been ?ound thatwould indicate the exact period to which this site belong id, whichwas doubtless quite early as the coarse fragments of ba :ed clayvessels go to prove. BULLETIN OF THE SIMCOE COUNTY PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY November, 1911 HISTORIC SITES OF TAY By Andrew F. Hunter, M. A, Reprinted from the Authors Notes on Sites of Huron Villagesin Tay, with additions. BARRIE, ONTARIO1911 PRESS OF BARR1E SATURDAY MORNING. Present Appearance of the Environs of Ste. Marie. (Looking across the Wye River).The illustration shows the outlet of the main trench in the river bank, at the extreme left. STE. MARIE ON THE WYE. The remains of Ste. Marie, the fortified mission built by the Jesuitsin 1639 and occupied by them for ten years, are on lot 16, concession 3, ofTay. Near the ruin flows the Wye River, about 100 yards in width butabout twelve feet lower than when it filled the empty moats or trencheswhich may still be seen. This fort is the most noteworthy object of his-toric interest in Simcoe County, though in its present crumbled conditionit is only a ruin of a ruin. Indeed, it is the oldest stone ruin (of Europeanconstruction) in America, because, while the native ruins in CentralAmerica a
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