Quinte Bay Of

An inlet of Lake Ontario, on the north shore. The name

is of Iroquois origin. A number of Cayugas settled here about the middle

of the seventeenth century; and in 1668 two Sulpicians, Trouve and

Fenelon, were sent from Montreal to open a mission among these "Iroquois

of the North." About 1783, permanent settlements on the shores of the

bay were made by United Empire Loyalists and disbanded officers and men

of regiments serving in Canada. About the same time a number of Mohawks

settled in the township of Tyendenaga--named after Joseph Brant.