Doncaster, Quebec
Doncaster (Mohawk: Tioweró:ton), officially designated as Doncaster 17 by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, is a Mohawk Native Reserve in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Mohawk First Nation, specifically the people of the reserves at Kanesatake and Kahnawake.
Doncaster
Tioweró:ton | |
|---|---|
Indian reserve | |
Doncaster | |
| Coordinates: 46°09′N 74°07′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| Regional County | n/a |
| Established | August 9, 1853 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indian Reserve |
| • Federal riding | Laurentides—Labelle |
| • Prov. riding | Bertrand |
| Area | |
| • Total | 78.00 km2 (30.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 76.13 km2 (29.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4 |
| • Density | 0.05/km2 (0.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
The reserve is located some 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Mont-Tremblant in the geographic township Doncaster, named after the town in England. It is uninhabited or occasionally sparsely inhabited, and used by the Mohawk as a hunting and fishing territory.
In the late nineteenth century, European-Canadian squatters sometimes occupied portions of this land, and repeatedly appealed to the government to have it opened up to settlement. The Mohawk refused to lease or sell the land, and in 1904 the government ended the dispute by paying squatters the value of their improvements. They gained a promise that the latter would leave and never return, in exchange for not being prosecuted for trespass.