Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
<p>Ermatinger Old Stone House
</p><p>Oldest Stone Buildling Northwest of Toronto
</p><p>Charles Oakes Ermatinger, fur trader, merchant, farmer, militia officer and Justice of the Peace, was born in Montreal in 1776. Entering the fur trade as a clerk for the North West Company, he became a partner in the firm. In 1808 he settled in Sault Ste. Marie as an independent trader.
</p><p>During the War of 1812, Ermatinger took part in the British capture of Michilimackinac. He married Mananowe (Charlotte) the daughter of Katawebeda, a prominent Ojibway chief. The couple raised thirteen children in this grand fieldstone house.
</p><p>Built in 1813-1814, the Ermatinger Old Stone House became a centre of social life for the communities on both sides of the river. Ermatinger later retired with his family to a farm at Longue-Pointe, Quebec.
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In later years, the Ermatinger Old Stone House served as the home of an Anglican missionary, a hotel, the residence of Sault Ste. Marie's first sheriff, a YWCA, meeting hall, boarding house, social club, court house, and apartment building. Purchased by the City of Sault Ste. Marie in 1964, it has been restored to its original elegance.
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