The Nine Mile Portage was a trail which connects Kempenfelt Bay of Lake Simcoe, Ontario, to Willow Creek, a tributary of the Nottawasaga River that flows to Wasaga Beach on Georgian Bay.[1] The city of Barrie plans to make it possible to walk the original route of the trail, but at present no public right-of-way exists.[2]
History
editIn the early centuries of the colonial period, the Nine Mile Portage was a minor fur trade route. It was used by Étienne Brûlé and Alexander Henry, among others.[3]
John Franklin 'fix[ed] the longitude and latitude of the “Nottawassaga Portage” at 44º22’55"N and 79º53’41"W' during his second overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean.[4]
Following the War of 1812, the portage was used by British forces until as late as the 1850s to transport supplies to the naval base at Penetanguishene.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Nine Mile Portage and Willow Depot". Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Barrie: Nine Mile Portage Heritage Trail". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ Morse, Eric W. (1969). Fur trade canoe routes of Canada. Ottawa: Queen's Printer. pp. 71–72.
- ^ Brad Rudychyk. "The History of the Nine-Mile Portage" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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