The Newash Indian Village 1842

Photo by Alan L Brown - June 13, 2005

Plaque Location

The County of Grey
The City of Owen Sound
On the SW corner of 4th Avenue West and 21st Street West

Plaque Text

Following the Indian treaty of 1836, a Reserve along the western shore of Owen Sound was set aside for the Band headed by Chief Newash. In 1842, the Indian village of Newash, established here previous to the founding of the adjacent community of Sydenham (now Owen Sound), was rebuilt by the government. It contained fourteen log houses, a school and a barn. Wesleyan Methodist missionaries ministered to the Indians, and in 1845 a frame chapel, the predecessor of the present church, was completed. In 1857 the Reserve, containing some 4,450 ha, was ceded to the government and most of the Indians moved to Cape Croker.