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Canada the prospect of a predominantly British population. of an British Act of' Parliament under Lord Dorchester the Governor General of Canada. Such were the people who first settled the nrovince of Ontario and who. first gave to having had their possessions confiscated because they fought for and had their sym- a1 population of Upper Caneda or Ontario. They had to literally hew homes tthemselves out of' the primeval forest. The hardships endured by these refugees almost defy G reat Lakes Region and the writinas of' Chamolain pathy with the British. These crossed Into Canada at the nearest point bringing with them only whet they could conveniently carry. These Loyalists constituted the oriqin description. Lake Huron, then pushed southward to Lake Ontario in 1615. Brule pressed on some movinq here because they wanted to live under the Union Jack and many fleeing, Drobablv discoverino Lake Erie. It is stated that as many as ten thousand families came to Canada following this war, ment was made at Kingston in 1785. This was followed by other great numbers from the United States following the War of Independance 1776 - 1763. Lawrence and around Niagara as home sites for United Empire Loyalists, who came in The region of Dresent-day Ontario was occupied at two main groups of' Indians, the hunting tribes of' of the south. The first survey markina off land divisions for was included in the divine formation. The Treaty of Paris by which Canada w In 17t58, there was the first territorial division of' Canada West under authority , n In the year 1 when in the beginning God made the heavens and the earth",Canada Not drooping like In exodus to our But full of heart And fearless eyes Door fugitives they came anadian wilds and hone with heads erect victorious in defeat. These journeys began OUR PROVI NCE Ontario was virtually an unsettled furtrader's wilderness. The first landfall in what is ed 10th day of February 1763. At this time formally ceded to the British Crown, was sign now Ontario wes made by Henry Hudson in 1610. Ottawa and wintered in In 1610 - 1611, Eteinne Brule ascended the Champlain and Brule by Mattawa Rivers crossed are the the a valuable source of information. to unfold the geography of the time of E northand Huronia. Samuel de wav of Ottawa the height of the aoricultural tribes the purpose of settle- uropean contact by lots along the St, and alone land to