This exhibit focuses on the early settlement of Orillia after the War of 1812, when a Quebec voyageur, Antoine Godard met Chippewa Chief Big Shilling's daughter, Mary, to settle down on the town's first homestead to raise a family. Their first son, Francis Gaudaur was born shortly afterwards on April 13, 1819 to live a long life as Orillia’s first born settler.
