🧿 Aurora Site

Canada · Americas · 44.01°N, 79.34°W

The Aurora Site, also known as the "Old Fort", "Old Indian Fort", "Murphy Farm" or "Hill Fort" site, is a sixteenth-century Wendat ancestral village located on one of the headwater tributaries of the East Holland River on the north side of the Oak Ridges Moraine in present-day Whitchurch–Stouffville, approximately 30 kilometres north of Toronto. This Wendat ancestral village was located on 3.4 hectares of land and the settlement was fortified with multiple rows of palisades.

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Quick facts

Country	Canada
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	44.01°N, 79.34°W · view on map

Aurora Site is located in Canada, in Americas.

More archaeological sites in Canada

Bead Hill · Beaubassin · Beaubears Island · Beechey Island · Bluefish Caves · British Block Cairn · Carhagouha · Chaatl · Charlesbourg-Royal · Charlie Lake Cave.

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