Anchor Park -- Holland Landing
Example of a frigate.
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
GPS: N 44° 6' 43" W 79° 29' 21"
Civic Address: 336-395 Doane Rd., East Gwillimbury, ON L9N 1R8
Directions: From Newmarket -- head north on Yonge St. (approx 3 km); turn Right at Yonge St/Regional Road 51 (signs for Yonge Street/Holland Landing/Formerly Holland Landing Road) approx 3.4 km; turn right at Doane Rd. for 140 m; destination on left.
Description: Holland Landing (named after Samuel Holland, first Surveyor-General of British North America and served aboard the HMS Pembroke under Captain John Simcoe, namesake of Lake Simcoe) was located at the northernmost point on the original Yonge Street from York (Toronto). It was intended that in 1814 Yonge Street to Holland Landing then through Lake Simcoe to Penetanguishene Road to the naval dockyards in Penetanguishene would provide the access to the Upper Great Lakes that Britain needed.
Civic Address: 336-395 Doane Rd., East Gwillimbury, ON L9N 1R8
Directions: From Newmarket -- head north on Yonge St. (approx 3 km); turn Right at Yonge St/Regional Road 51 (signs for Yonge Street/Holland Landing/Formerly Holland Landing Road) approx 3.4 km; turn right at Doane Rd. for 140 m; destination on left.
Description: Holland Landing (named after Samuel Holland, first Surveyor-General of British North America and served aboard the HMS Pembroke under Captain John Simcoe, namesake of Lake Simcoe) was located at the northernmost point on the original Yonge Street from York (Toronto). It was intended that in 1814 Yonge Street to Holland Landing then through Lake Simcoe to Penetanguishene Road to the naval dockyards in Penetanguishene would provide the access to the Upper Great Lakes that Britain needed.
Holland Landing Anchor in Anchor Park
Abandoned anchor in Holland Landing.
The anchor, over 4.5 metres (15 ft) weighing approx 1800 kg (4000 lbs) was forged in England for the frigate under construction at Penetanguishene. It was dragged overland by sleigh and oxen arriving at Soldier's Bay in 1815 where the men, contracted to move it were made aware that the war had ended who then promptly abandoned it. In 1870 it was moved to its current resting spot, Anchor Park.
Anchor Park is located beside the Holland Landing Conservation Area with a network of hiking trails leading through both pine plantation and native forest suitable for hiking, birding and cycling.
Anchor Park is located beside the Holland Landing Conservation Area with a network of hiking trails leading through both pine plantation and native forest suitable for hiking, birding and cycling.
