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18-530: Wageezhegome was born in May 1764 at Credit River , Ontario . During his youth, he witnessed significant changes in his people's lifestyle, marked by the arrival of thousands of white settlers after the 1776 American Revolution into what is now southern Ontario. This quickly led to treaty negotiations in which the Mississauga surrendered of much of their hunting territory and fishing grounds. Close contact with

36-666: A sum of $ 10,000.00 on June 15, 1903, for the all-time right of undisturbed use and occupancy of the land. The reserve as it stands today consists of lots 1 to 12 in the first and second concessions in the Township of Tuscarora, in the County of Brant , and lots 1-12 in the first and second concessions in the Township of Oneida . In 1997, MCFN purchased an additional 24 ha (59 acres) bordering on Highway 6 , Hagersville. The First Nation made claims to land on which Toronto sits through

54-731: A track "Credit River" on their 2008 album Kensington Heights . A youth Hockey team in the OMHA is named the Credit River Capitals List of major roadways crossing over the Credit in Peel Region : Most of the bridges were built in the mid-20th century or later. Only the Queen Elizabeth Way and Old Derry Road West bridges are older. CP Rail and CN Rail have steel deck truss bridges crossing over

72-479: Is home to a native self-sustaining brook trout population and an introduced brown trout population. Credit Valley Conservation , the local watershed management conservation authority , operates several Conservation Areas including Belfountain, Island Lake, and Terra Cotta. Forks of the Credit Provincial Park is located on the upper part of the river between Brampton and Orangeville, and

90-617: Is near the Bruce Trail . Communities in the river's watershed include the following: The river became known as Missinnihe ( Eastern Ojibwa : "trusting creek" ) to the Mississaugas First Nation who met annually with white traders there. To the First Nations, the river was "held in reverential estimation as the favourite resort of their ancestors" and the band, which ranged from Long Point on Lake Erie to

108-712: The MCFN Reserve. The first nation governs the 2,392.6 ha (5,912 acres) parcel of New Credit 40A Indian Reserve known as Reserve 40B near Hagersville, Ontario . This reserve is located beside the Six Nations of the Grand River , near Brantford . In the 19th century, under pressure from the rapid growth of the European-origin population, the Mississaugas wanted to move from their reserve in

126-708: The Credit River. Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ( Ojibwe : Mazina'iga-ziibing Misi-zaagiwininiwag , meaning: "Mississauga people at the Credit River " ) is a Mississaugas , an Ojibwe sub-group, First Nation located near Brantford in south-central Ontario , Canada. In April 2015, MCFN had an enrolled population of 2,330 people, 850 of whom lived on

144-645: The Credit in late 1824, John Cameron gave Jones his full support. Cameron converted to Christianity in 1824; he moved to Brantford in 1824 and back to the Credit River in 1826. Shortly before Jones's arrival the 60-year-old chief had married Wechikiwekapawiqua (baptized Catharine Cameron), the Jones's 17-year-old half-sister. At the Credit Mission, Cameron's daughter, Charlotte, was born on February 24, 1828. Later that year he suddenly became ill and he died on September 30, 1828. Peter Jones, who succeeded him as chief

162-708: The Rouge River on Lake Ontario, became known as the Credit River Indians. Their descendants are today the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation . The origins of the English name come from the time when French fur traders supplied goods to the native people in advance (on credit) against furs which would be delivered the following spring. It was known as the Rivière au Crédit. The trading post

180-759: The Six Nations by the Haldimand Proclamation in gratitude for their military alliance with the British during the American Revolutionary War , allowing their resettlement from their previous homeland in what had become New York State . The Six Nations is the only reserve in the Canadian system with a subsection reserve. The Mississaugas eventually purchased the land gifted as well as an additional 490 ha (1,200 acres) for

198-452: The death of his tutor David Ramsay , Cameron settled on the flats of the Credit River to farm. In August 1805, Cameron succeed his father as one of the band's two chiefs. Presumably during this period, Wageezhegome then received the title Ogimauh-binaessih, and freely used all three of his names after this period. He was a signatory to several treaties, including Surrenders #3¾, #8, #13, #13a, #14, #22 and #23. When Peter Jones arrived at

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216-447: The disputed Toronto Purchase of 1787. In 2010, Canada agreed to pay CA$ 145 million for the lands, based on the historic value of the land, extrapolated to current dollars. The money was distributed to the band government, with each of the 1,700 present day Mississaugas receiving $ 20,000, with the rest placed in trust for future generations. The Band put a controversial hold on new band membership during this time, ostensibly to preserve

234-669: The next year, later recalled that he had said shortly before dying, "I thank the Lord that I have lived to see all my people serve the Great Spirit." Credit River The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario , which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit , Mississauga . It drains an area of approximately 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi). The total length of

252-474: The official plans of the municipalities). The Credit River is home to a wide range of wildlife. Some species are permanent or seasonal residents while others are sighted occasionally. This watershed is home to 1,330 plant species, 64 fish species (including many bait fish , pike, and brook trout), 41 mammal species, 5 turtle species, 8 snake species, 17 amphibian species, and 244 bird species. The Canadian indie rock band The Constantines entitled

270-590: The present-day City of Mississauga . Unable to make an agreement with the provincial government of the time, the Mississaugas in 1848 accepted an offer from the Six Nations Confederacy of 1,900 ha (4,800 acres) of land inside their own property, as a compensation to the Mississaugas for their authorization for the British purchase of the land in 1784 for the establishment of the Six Nations Reserve. The reserve had been granted to

288-408: The river and its tributary streams is over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi). Despite urbanization and associated problems with water quality on the lower section of this river, it provides spawning areas for Chinook salmon and rainbow trout . There is a fish ladder on the river at Streetsville . Much of the river can still be travelled by canoe or kayak . The headwaters of the Credit River

306-594: The settlers also introduced a series of epidemics, such as the smallpox epidemics in the New World reaching them, against which the Indians had no immunity. As the Mississaugas’ society collapsed, many of the Mississaugas turned to alcoholism . However, Wageezhegome did not. Instead, Wageezhegome leaned some English and rudimentary farming skills. He attended a school and adopted the name of John Cameron. After

324-485: Was set up at the mouth of the river, in Port Credit , in the early 18th century. As of the 2006 census, 750,000 people live in the watershed. Of those, 87 percent live in the lower third of the watershed. Population growth is approximately 3 percent per year. In 1999, 21 percent of the watershed was developed. By 2020, 40 percent of the watershed will be developed (based on approved development and

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