The LPWBRF is committed to promoting the concept of Sustainable Tourism. On January 12, 2010 we held our second Sustainable Tourism Stakeholders Workshop in Pt. Rowan. Here is the agenda and presentations from the workshop.
Topic: Long Point
The Old Cut Lighthouse built in 1879 and still standing just outside the boundary of the Provincial Park. Photo courtesy of Flora Aker.
Topic: Long Point
Photo courtesy of Haldimand/Norfolk Development
Topic: Long Point
(Source: Long Point Environmental Folio 1996)
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Long Point area was inhabited by the Neutral Indian Nation or the Attiwanderons, as the Hurons to the north named them, meaning ‘people whose speech is different’. They traded with the Hurons and the Iroquis peoples, as they were skilled at working with flint. For three hundred years they sustained this way of life until 1650 when the Iroquois defeated them (Big Creek Valley Conservation Authority, 1963). For many years afterward the area was known as “the beaver hunting grounds of the Iroquois”, but gradually tribes from the north migrated into the area. One of these tribes, the Mississaugas, eventually occupied the Long Point area. Although they were a semi-nomadic people, fairly permanent villages apparently existed at Port Dover and Turkey Point (Big Creek Valley Conservation Authority, 1963). The Neutrals and Mississaugas relied entirely upon natural resources (fishing and hunting) and agriculture for their survival. Important crops were corn, squash, beans and tobacco (Chanaysk, 1970). These agricultural activities allowed large numbers of individuals to occupy villages. For example, when Jesuit Priests first visited south western Ontario they reported about 40 villages and estimated that they contained at least 12,000 individuals.
Topic: Long Point
