Wintering Site
1669
Text from the plaque
Here, 1669-1670, wintered Dollier and Galinée with seven other Frenchmen, the first Europeans known to have ascended the Great Lakes to Sault Ste. Marie. The earthen mounds are the remains of their hut, which was at once residence, chapel and fort.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The County of Norfolk
In Port Dover, on the east side of town, in a park
on the north side of Donjon Boulevard, off Road 6
east of Somerset Drive
N 42 47.677 W 80 11.360
Recorded October 2010. Check current access before visiting.
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