 Credit: This image very kindly made available for reproduction by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (geographicus.com) as part of a cooperation project with the Wikimedia Foundation. Click here for the full-size image. Vincenzo Coronelli's 1694 map of the Great Lakes drew from the reports of Jesuit Missionaries, marked with forts, Indian villages, and missionary stations. Lake Ontario is referred to as Lake "Frontenac," and Lake Simcoe is marked as "L Toronto." The villages of Toioiagon (Teiaiagon) and Canathe-Kiagon (Ganatsekwyagon) are also marked.  Credit: Exclusive permission to reproduce this image was very kindly provided to the Toronto Project by the Map and Data Library, University of Toronto. This image may not be reproduced. Original link found here. Click here for the full-size image. In 1688, Jesuit Father Pierre Raffeix published a map titled, "LE LAC ONTARIO avec les lieux circonvoisins particulierement les cinq nations Iroquoises." The map consisted of Lake Ontario, also known as the Lake of Saint Louis, with the surrounding area marked as including territory belonging to the five Iroquois nations. Current-day Lake Simcoe was marked as "Lac Taronthe." The villages, Theyagon (Teiaiagon) and Ganestikiagon (Ganatsekwyagon), were also marked.  Credit: Exclusive permission to reproduce this image was very kindly provided to the Toronto Project by the Map and Data Library, University of Toronto. This image may not be reproduced. Original link found here. Click here for the full-size image. In a 1680 map by Abbé Claude Bernou, LAC DE TARONTO was the name given to current-day Lake Simcoe. The villages of Teyoyagon, also known as Teiaiagon, and Ganatchakiagon, also known as Ganatsekwyagon, were marked on the map. |
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