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.