Ipperwash Provincial Park

Ipperwash Provincial Park is a provincial park in southwest Ontario.

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• May 2014: Dudley George was killed at Ipperwash Provincial Park, leading to a major provincial inquiry.
• May 2014: The park was the location of a confrontation that resulted in the death of Dudley George. Mike Harris allegedly demanded that the protesters be removed from the park.
• August 2014: The park was the site where Dudley George died in 1995.
• September 2014: The park was the site of a land reclamation effort and peaceful demonstration that began in 1995. Dudley George was killed at this location during a confrontation with the Ontario Provincial Police.
• September 2014: The park was the site of a reclamation effort in 1995. A peaceful demonstration at this location ended in the fatal shooting of Dudley George by police. The events at this park led to the 2007 Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry regarding provincial policing.
• September 2014: The reclamation of Ipperwash Provincial Park by Stoney Point peoples led to a peaceful demonstration and a fatal shooting. The park is part of the traditional territory originally reserved under the Huron Tract Treaty.
• September 2014: An Ontario Provincial Police officer killed Dudley George at Ipperwash Provincial Park in 1995.
• September 2015: The park was the site where Dudley George was killed by an Ontario Provincial Police sniper. The events at this location led to the provincial government calling for the Ipperwash Inquiry.
• April 2016: The park was the site where Dudley George was killed by the Ontario Provincial Police.
• June 2019: A confrontation occurred at Ipperwash Provincial Park in 1995 when activists attempted to move into the area. The park was the site of the 1995 incident that resulted in the death of Dudley George.
• August 2019: The park was the site of a 1995 protest where Dudley George was killed by police. Mike Harris reportedly expressed a desire to have Indigenous protesters removed from this location shortly before the fatal shooting.
• February 2020: Protesters occupied this location in September 1995 to prevent the destruction of burial grounds.
• July 2020: The park was created in 1936 after the province purchased land from a real estate developer. It became the fourth provincial park in Ontario following six years of negotiations. The Department of National Defence expanded its military camp by purchasing shoreline lots adjacent to the park in 1944.
• August 2020: The park was occupied by First Nations protestors after it had closed for the season in 1995. It was the location where Dudley George was killed by an Ontario Provincial Police officer. The land dispute involved ancestral burial grounds belonging to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation.
• August 2020: The park was the site of a 1995 incident where Dudley George was fatally shot by police. The events at this location led to a major public inquiry into Indigenous relations and policing.
• August 2020: Members of Stoney Point occupied the park to reclaim lands they argued were guaranteed to them by treaty. The events at the park led to the establishment of the Ipperwash Inquiry.
• August 2020: The park was occupied due to the historic failure of governments to honour Crown obligations. The 2007 Ipperwash Inquiry investigated the events surrounding the occupation and the death of Anthony George.
• August 2020: The entrance of this park was the location where Ontario Provincial Police officers fired upon land protectors. The events at this location in 1995 led to the 2007 Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry.
• August 2020: Ontario Provincial Police officers opened fire on land protectors at the entrance of this park on September 6, 1995. The shooting of Dudley George occurred outside of this park.
• September 2020: The former park lands are in the final stages of being added to the reserve of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.
• September 2020: The park was the location where Anthony George was fatally shot during a land dispute. Protestors occupied the park to protect an ancestral burial ground from desecration. The Ipperwash Inquiry recommended that the lands at this location be returned to First Nations people.
• September 2020: The park was the site of a 1995 occupation by protesters from the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. In 2007, the Ontario government agreed to return the park to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. The land was originally expropriated from the Stoney Point Indian Band in 1942.
• September 2020: The park land was officially transferred back to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation in 2020. The province of Ontario established the site as its fourth provincial park in 1936 after purchasing the land from a developer. The return of this land was part of the obligations of Canada to uphold treaty relationships with the Anishinaabeg.
• March 2021: The park was the location where Anthony Dudley George was killed during a police confrontation with land defenders.
• May 2021: Descendants of Komonee and Sarah George began occupying the former park in May 2021 to reclaim a traditional family homestead. The park lands include a beachfront area that was allegedly sold illegally in 1929 in violation of the Indian Act. The Ontario government promised to return the park to the Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation following the Ipperwash Inquiry.
• September 2022: The park was the site of a 1995 land-rights dispute where Anthony Dudley George was killed. The land was originally part of a pristine waterfront base belonging to the Stoney Point First Nation before being disconnected through shady transactions. Unarmed Chippewa protesters occupied the park in 1995 to assert their treaty rights.
• June 2023: The park was the site where Dudley George died on September 6, 1995. Journalistic work regarding the events at this park led to the first Debwewin Citation in 2002.
• September 2023: A tactical unit of the Ontario Provincial Police marched into the park on the night of September 6, 1995. The park was the site where Anthony Dudley George was killed while protesting for the return of Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation lands.
• June 2024: The park was the site where unarmed land defender Dudley George was killed on September 6, 1995.
• June 2025: The park was the site of the 1995 death of land defender Dudley George.
• September 2025: The events at the park led to a resentment that impacted relations between First Nation communities and the government of Ontario. The Anishinabek Nation cited the tragedy as evidence of the need for expedited processes to return wrongfully taken lands.
• September 2025: The park was the site of a peaceful occupation by Indigenous land defenders that resulted in the death of Anthony Dudley George. Mike Harris allegedly demanded the immediate removal of Indigenous people from the park during a meeting with senior police officers.
• May 2026: The park was the site where land defender Dudley George died in 1995.
• September 2026: The park was the site of a 1995 land claim occupation where Dudley George was fatally shot. An inquiry led by Sidney Linden investigated the events surrounding the confrontation at this location.