page_title: Edenvale, Ontario
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: Edenvale, Ontario / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: Stone cairn with a plaque marking the location of the Glengarry Landing National Historic Site of Canada in Edenvale, Ontario. The site is near the junction of the Nottawasaga River and Marl Creek, where in 1814 the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert McDouall, constructed a flotilla of boats to relieve the British garrison at Fort Michilimackinac and to effect the subsequent capture of Prairie du Chien during the War of 1812. Français&#160;: Cairn en pierre avec une plaque marquant le lieu historique national du du Canada Glengarry-Landing à Edenvale, Ontario. L'emplacement est près de la jonction de la rivière Nottawasaga et de Marl Creek, où en 1814 le Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, sous la commande de Lieutenant-colonel Robert McDouall, a construit une flottille de navires en vue de secourir la garnison britannique du fort Michilimackinac en mai 1814 et de capturer ensuite, en juillet, Prairie du Chien sur le Mississippi, pendant la guerre anglo-américaine de 1812.
context_page_description: Edenvale is an unincorporated place in Springwater Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
  It is located on Ontario Highway 26. The Nottawasaga River flows through Edenvale.
  Little remains today of the once a thriving pioneer settlement.
context_section_description: The village was named by pioneer settler John Culham, who described the surrounding countryside as the Garden of Eden. Other names from the early days of Edenvale include Giffen, McNabb, Walker, Campbell, Thompson, Richardson and Robertson.
  Although Edenvale was not settled until 1867, a contingent of soldiers led by LCol McDougall spent a winter encamped at what was then called Glengarry Landing during the War of 1812. The soldiers were making the arduous journey from Kingston to the British post on Michilimackinac Island.
  The first permanent inhabitants of Edenvale in 1867 were the Coughlin, Lavery and Nicholson families. At the time, Edenvale extended south to the Minesing Swamp, west to the Vespra-Sunnidale Town line, north to Concession 2 of Flos Township and east to Concession 11 of Vespra Township. Edenvale had very fertile soil, producing wheat, grain, clover seeds and peas, as well as supporting livestock and a flourishing lumber industry.
caption: Stone cairn marking the location of the Glengarry Landing National Historic Site
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