When the French controlled much of the interior of North America, there was a Jesuit mission at Georgian Bay (part of Lake Huron). It was the first European settlement in Ontario. Due to warfare and smallpox, the settlement was abandoned after about 10 years. It has been recreated based upon the archeology of the site. There is a church which is a monument to the eight priests who were killed (and canonised). Unfortunately the site was closed because it is no longer summer.
I then went to Discovery Bay, where the British built a major naval station just after the USA became independent. Here, again, the original site has been rebuilt to resemble what it would have been like. Again, it was shut, but it was worth going there and seeing this part of Lake Huron.
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