Alderville First Nation

With the influx of refugee settlements following the American Revolution, the community found itself under increased pressure.

[3] Having lost its American colonies, the British relocated the soldiers and civilians loyal to the crown (also known as the United Empire Loyalists) around the Bay of Quinte area.

A swath of land between Belleville and Brockville was purchased from the Mississaugas in the 1783 Crawford Purchase, and the land around the Bay of Quinte was given specifically to the Mohawks under the leadership of Chief John Deserontyon, who had been dispossessed of their traditional territory in modern-day New York State.

The Mississaugas of the area lived alongside the Mohawks and other Haudenosaunee for the first few decades after the latter's canoes made landfall.

[5] Albert Smoke (1894–1944) was a long-distance runner who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and placed third at the 1922 Boston Marathon.