A History of Carlisle United Church
Beginnings
The first people to settle in what is now Carlisle, Ontario were native
Canadians of the peaceful Neutral tribe. According to archaeological studies,
about one hundred Neutrals created a hamlet and burial grounds on lands
bordering the Twelve Mile Creek. They lived there between 1580 and 1600
AD before being totally wiped out by the Five Nation Iroquois.
Although knowing nothing of Christianity, the aboriginal people of North
America were very spiritual- worshipping powers greater than themselves,
and believing in a life after death.
With the demise of the Neutrals, the Carlisle area was taken over again
by the vast Canadian forest, and for over a century afterwards was inhabited
only by the many wild animals and a few passing natives.
From: A History of the Carlisle United Church: From Its Beginnings to
1991
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