The Niagara Purchase was an agreement between certain

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

peoples and the

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signed in 1781. Under this agreement, the Mississaugas "grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm to our said Sovereign Lord King George the third" a tract of land bordered on the north by

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, on the south by

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, and on the east by the

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and extending six-and-a-half kilometres to the west. The Mississaugas accepted 300 suits of clothing as payment.

References

First Nations history in Ontario Aboriginal title in Canada Regions of Canada Mississauga First Nation 1781 treaties 1781 in the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) History of Ontario by location {{Treaty-stub