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About 1475 AD A Wendish settlement was established at the so-called 'Draper Site', about 22 miles north-east of Toronto, about 4 miles north-east of the present-day town of Greensborough. The village had about 2000 inhabitants, was fortified with several palisades and consisted of about 35 longhouses.
The village grew steadily over a period of about 50 years as smaller villages in the area were abandoned and their inhabitants moved to the Drapper Site.
The village was abandoned at the beginning of the 16th century. All the inhabitants moved to the Mantle Site, about 3 miles northwest of the Drapper Site.
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About 1500 Between about 1500 and 1530, the Wendat inhabited a village ('Mantle Site') of about 17,000 m2 (4.2 acres). The village was inhabited by 1,500 to 2,000 people and was located about 3 km south of Bloomington and about 15 km north-north of Toronto, Ontario.
The village consisted of 95 longhouses with an average length of 30 meters and was surrounded by three palisades. Each longhouse was about 30 meters long, 6 meters wide and 6 meters high. The framework of straight and curved wooden poles was covered with dried tree bark. The inhabitants grew corn, beans and pumpkins.
Around 1530, the inhabitants left the village and settled in the places known today as Ratcliff and Aurora.
Wendat
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