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. 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.
History
In 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.
John Franklin 'fix 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.
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.
See also
44°22′55″N 79°47′13″W / 44.382°N 79.787°W / 44.382; -79.787
References
- ^ "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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