A Very Useful Map

I thought I should share with you the link to a map that I have found very useful over the past few years: Sam Steiner’s “Mennonite Churches and Amish Districts in Ontario” (I’ve written about Steiner’s wonderful history of Ontario Mennonites elsewhere on this blog).

This map was created with Google My Maps and shows the location of every Mennonite meetinghouse and church and every Amish community in Ontario. The map uses different coloured markers to identify the different Mennonite and Amish conferences. When you click on a marker for a Mennonite meeting place, the conference and street address are listed in the sidebar, along with, in some cases, a photo of the building. Because Amish congregations meet in members’ homes, the marker just shows the general area of the community; the address displayed in the sidebar doesn’t necessarily refer to a meeting place.

I have used this map extensively in my research for this blog. I’ve also used it to identify which sect the people belong to when I run across a meetinghouse or community while I’m traveling around Ontario.

You can interact with the embedded map below, or you can open it in a separate window by clicking the “expand” icon in the top right corner of the map below or by clicking here. I would suggest you save the bookmark, as I have, for quick and easy reference.