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Credit Indian Village Methodist Chapel Cemetery

Mississauga, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada – *No GPS coordinates

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established c1700's
Excerpts from "A Lost Village: The Credit Indian Village" by Matthew Wilkinson, Historian, Heritage Mississauga

Credit Mission, also known as the Credit Indian Village, was located on the site of what is now the Mississauga Golf and Country Club on Mississauga Road. It was built in 1826 under the direction of Revered Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the Government, Colonel Givens, for the Native Mississaugas. The money for the project came from the sale of lands within the Credit Indian Reserve, and the village originally consisted of some twenty to thirty government-built log houses. The village was located on the high grounds overlooking the Credit River, while the flat valley lands along the river were cultivated for corn, wheat and rice. An early description of the villages describes: "an elevated plateau, cleared of wood, and with three rows of detached cottages, among fields surrounded with rail fences." In 1826, some 226 Native Mississaugas called the village home.

It is difficult to pinpoint the exact location of the Credit Mission village today, as Mississauga Road itself has been rerouted, leaving the actual village site entirely within the grounds of the golf club. However, somewhere on the property, on a high bank overlooking the river valley, likely remains the Methodist Cemetery established by Reverend Peter Jones.
established c1700's
Excerpts from "A Lost Village: The Credit Indian Village" by Matthew Wilkinson, Historian, Heritage Mississauga

Credit Mission, also known as the Credit Indian Village, was located on the site of what is now the Mississauga Golf and Country Club on Mississauga Road. It was built in 1826 under the direction of Revered Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the Government, Colonel Givens, for the Native Mississaugas. The money for the project came from the sale of lands within the Credit Indian Reserve, and the village originally consisted of some twenty to thirty government-built log houses. The village was located on the high grounds overlooking the Credit River, while the flat valley lands along the river were cultivated for corn, wheat and rice. An early description of the villages describes: "an elevated plateau, cleared of wood, and with three rows of detached cottages, among fields surrounded with rail fences." In 1826, some 226 Native Mississaugas called the village home.

It is difficult to pinpoint the exact location of the Credit Mission village today, as Mississauga Road itself has been rerouted, leaving the actual village site entirely within the grounds of the golf club. However, somewhere on the property, on a high bank overlooking the river valley, likely remains the Methodist Cemetery established by Reverend Peter Jones.

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  • Added: 23 Mar 2021
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2727112