Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the area at the mouth of what we now call the Twelve Mile Creek, was a fertile marshy area teeming with fish and wildlife and inhabited by the Neutral Indians. They built their villages and hunted in the interior wilderness, creating trails and clearing forests. Their diet consisted of corn, beans, squash, fish and meat.
In 1650 these Indians, who had avoided conflict with the Huron tribes to the north and the Iroquois in the east, were annihilated by the Iroquois who had just defeated the Hurons. Soon after, the Mississaugas, a branch of the Chippawa tribe, settled in this area and further developed trails which would be used by the French who followed. Throughout the years, arrowheads from these early tribes have been uncovered in McMahon's farm, on Read Island and in other areas of Port Dalhousie.
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