Charles Oakes Ermatinger, fur Trader, merchant, farmer, militia officer and Justice of the Peace, was born in Montreal in 1776. During the War of 1812, Ermatinger took part in the capture of Fort Michilimackinac. He married Mananowe, later known as Charlotte, who was the daughter of Katawebeda, a prominent Ojibwe chief. In a period of relative peace after the war, Ermatinger began work on his stone house. Work continued through 1813 - 1814, and soon after the completion of the exterior, this fine house became the centre of the district's social life, and was noted by such visitors as Lord Selkirk, Anna Jameson, Sir John Richardson, and artists Paul Kane and George Catlin. Charles and Mananowe raised thirteen children in this grand field stone house. The Ermatinger Old Stone House is the oldest stone building northwest of Toronto.
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