Holland Landing Depot -- Holland Landing
Holland Landing Depot Plaque
GPS: N 44° 07' 38" W 79° 30' 02"
Civic Address: 49 Queensville Side Rd W., East Gwillimbury, Ontario L9N 1A7 (approx)
Directions: North of Holland Landing, just off Queensville Sideroad (Road 77) .5 km west of Yonge Street (Road 51) at the south end of Soldier Bay at the east end of the bridge over the Holland River.
Description: The Royal Navy Depot Holland Landing, constructed during the War of 1812, stood just north of this plaque's site on the east bank of Soldiers' Bay. Its buildings and other facilities served as an administrative and transshipment centre within a network of roads, waterways, portages and posts that connected Lake Ontario to the upper Great Lakes. To avoid American forces in the Niagara-Lake Erie-Detroit River corridor, British authorities moved vital supplies from York (Toronto) through this depot to Georgian Bay to support the successful war effort on the upper lakes. This route included the Willow Creek Depot and the naval base of Schoonertown at Wasaga Beach. In addition, they distributed gifts to Aboriginal allies in the region from this site. After the return of peace in 1815, officials gradually concentrated most local military operations at Penetanguishene, which led to the decline and abandonment of the depot in the 1830s. Afterwards, travellers occasionally used it for shelter until it was transferred to private ownership in the 1860s.
Civic Address: 49 Queensville Side Rd W., East Gwillimbury, Ontario L9N 1A7 (approx)
Directions: North of Holland Landing, just off Queensville Sideroad (Road 77) .5 km west of Yonge Street (Road 51) at the south end of Soldier Bay at the east end of the bridge over the Holland River.
Description: The Royal Navy Depot Holland Landing, constructed during the War of 1812, stood just north of this plaque's site on the east bank of Soldiers' Bay. Its buildings and other facilities served as an administrative and transshipment centre within a network of roads, waterways, portages and posts that connected Lake Ontario to the upper Great Lakes. To avoid American forces in the Niagara-Lake Erie-Detroit River corridor, British authorities moved vital supplies from York (Toronto) through this depot to Georgian Bay to support the successful war effort on the upper lakes. This route included the Willow Creek Depot and the naval base of Schoonertown at Wasaga Beach. In addition, they distributed gifts to Aboriginal allies in the region from this site. After the return of peace in 1815, officials gradually concentrated most local military operations at Penetanguishene, which led to the decline and abandonment of the depot in the 1830s. Afterwards, travellers occasionally used it for shelter until it was transferred to private ownership in the 1860s.
