On the Grounds of the Mississaugas of the New Credit
Detail from W.G. Storm, 1857
©Archives of Ontario, Horwood fonds (626).1
Ontario’s Legislative Building sits on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. The area of Queen’s Park was an important gathering place for First Nations communities. The now underground Taddle Creek – known as Ziibiing (“at the river”) in the Anishinaabemowin language spoken by many Algonquian peoples – ran through the area and groups would congregate here every spring to fish.