Wendake
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 Wendake main square |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Capitale-Nationale | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 52 ′ N , 71 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 152 m | ||
| Area : | 1.46 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1555 (as of 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 1,065.1 inh / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 23802 | ||
| Postal code : | G0A | ||
| Area code : | +1 418 | ||
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Wendake (also called Village-des-Hurons ) is an Indian reservation of the Wyandot (Hurons) in the Canadian province of Québec . It is an enclave within the provincial capital Québec . In 2006 there were 1,555 inhabitants in the 1.46 km² area. Wendake is part of the administrative region Capitale-Nationale , but administratively belongs neither to the agglomeration of Québec nor to the metropolitan region .
geography
Wendake is located about twelve kilometers northwest of downtown Québec in the valley of the Rivière Saint-Charles . The reserve comprises a narrow, approximately two-kilometer-long strip of territory east of the river, which is completely surrounded by the Quebec district of La Haute-Saint-Charles . The settlement itself is divided into the old, around 300-year-old part in the south and the modern part in the north.
history
The Wyandot lived north of Lake Ontario until the 16th century , as evidenced by various excavations such as the Mantle Site . They later moved to Georgian Bay , where they first met Europeans in the 17th century and allied themselves with the French. Armed conflicts with the Iroquois (who were allied with the English) and devastating epidemics led to the collapse of the Huron Confederation around 1650.
One of the dispersed groups first settled on the Île d'Orléans in 1651 until another attack by the Iroquois took place five years later. Then they settled in the area around the city of Québec, from 1673 mainly in the area of the later municipality of L'Ancienne-Lorette . In 1697 they moved a few kilometers further north and founded the settlement that exists today. In the course of the following three centuries it bore different names (Nouvelle-Lorette, La Jeune-Lorette, Roreke, Village-Huron-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Village-Huron, Village-des- Hurons, Indian-Lorette) until it finally adopted the name Wendake in 1986.
Attractions
The older part of Wendake has been a National Historic Site since 2000 . The urban layout of residential and commercial buildings is reminiscent of traditional villages and is based on natural elements, while the architecture is European.
The Roman Catholic Church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette was built in 1865 and replaced a chapel that was burned down in 1730; the building has been a protected cultural asset since 1981.
The Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations is a four-star hotel built and operated by the Wyandot. Opened in 2008, the hotel is modeled after a traditional Native American longhouse . In the neighboring museum, whose building is shaped like a tipi , the history, culture and art of the Wyandot are presented.
photos
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette church
graveyard
Bilingual traffic sign
Premières Nations hotel and museum
Web links
- Website of the Nation of Huronne-Wendat (French)
- Wendake history and culture (French, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendake's population profile. In: 2006 Census. Statistics Canada , December 6, 2010, accessed March 10, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Histoire de la nation Huronne-Wendat. Wendake.com, accessed March 10, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Wendake. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed on March 10, 2014 (French).
- ^ Lieu historique national du Canada de l'Arrondissement-Historique-du-Vieux-Wendake. Lieux patrimoniaux du Canada, accessed March 10, 2014 (French).
- ^ Église de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec, accessed on March 10, 2014 (French).
- ↑ L'expérience. Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations, accessed March 10, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Le musée Huron-Wendat. (No longer available online.) Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations, archived from the original on March 10, 2014 ; accessed on March 10, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
