Nanticoke Creek (Ontario)

Nanticoke Creek is a watercourse in Haldimand County, Ontario.[1] It is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long, emptying into Lake Erie approximately 15 km west of the mouth of the Grand River.

The small village of Nanticoke, Ontario, was founded at its mouth between 1830 and 1850.[2] The Nanticoke were a dependent nation of the Iroquois Confederacy.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Watershed". Long Point Region Conservation Authority (in English). Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  2. ↑ Edward S. Rogers, Donald B. Smith (1994). "Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations". Dundurn Press. ISBN 9781554880638. Retrieved 2017-07-21.

Coordinates: 42°47′51″N 80°04′07″W / 42.7974°N 80.0687°W / 42.7974; -80.0687

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