Talk:Holland Landing

There were two places on the Holland River called Holland Landing: the "Lower landing" is where the military stores were located, this was later known as the Steamboat landing; the "Upper landing" also known as the canoe landing, was about a mile upstream from the miliary landing. Eli Beman was an early proprietor of a hotel and store at Holland Landing he also had a schooner that he used on Lake Simcoe, although it is not certain if the store was nothing more than a Trading post, Eli's father Elijha Beman, had been mercantile business at Toronto in connection with Quetton St. George. Eli's step-brothers Peter Robinson and William Benjamin Robinson, were known to have connections with a trading post operated by Quetton St. George near the narrows between Lake Simcoe, and Lake Couchiching. The Robinson's traded through Muskoka and on Lake Huron. It was through this experience that W. B. Robinson learned the Anishinaabe language, and was selected by the government to act as chief negotiator of the Robinson Treaty. That so much of what took place in Holland Landing is important to the history of Simcoe County among elswhere, there is a lot of historical information about this place in A History of Simcoe County, (1909) by Andrew F Hunter 1863-1940. Volume 1

unsigned comments by Wrecksdale Wreck, 02:13, 17 April 2007

Redirect from Holland's Landing

I have deleted the redirect from Holland's Landing to Holland Landing, Ontario. Holland's Landing is a village in Victoria (Australia), and not to be confused with Holland Landing, Ontario. Ptilinopus (talk) 01:24, 12 February 2012 (UTC)