About Me — Joel R. Dennstedt
World Traveler — Writer — Poet
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3 min readOct 12, 2022
Ancient History
The first German Dennstedts came to Canada in 1845. Johann Ernst (20) and his cousin Johann Gerhardt (27) built their own sailboat to make the ocean passage. Made it to New York City, crossed overland to the Niagara peninsula, picked up the Huron Trail into SW Ontario, entered Ellice Township, and five miles into the…