Kempenfel(d)t Village -- Oro-Medonte
Kempenfelt Village Plaque erected at the
base of Penetanguishene Road.
GPS: N 44° 23' 37" W 79° 39' 00"
Civic Address: 285 Shanty Bay Rd., Oro-Medonte, Ontario L4M 1E4 (approx)
Directions: From Bayfield and Dunlop in Barrie, head East on Dunlop St. E towards Fred Grant St.; Continue onto Blake St/Duckworth St; slight right at Shanty Bay Road. Destination in 1 km. (approx)
Description: The Penetanguishene Road, surveyed by Samuel Wilmot in 1811 as the overland route to supply Penetanguishene, was constructed from Kempenfel(d)t Bay to Georgian Bay during the War of 1812 under the supervision of "Tiger" Dunlop.
Under a system of free grants, most of the land immediately adjacent to the road was settled beginning in 1819. The Government reserved 300 acres here at its south end of the road for a town to be known as the Village of Kempenfel(d)t which had a boat landing, log barracks, stores, tavern, brewery and brickyard.
In 1831 a petition was sent to Lieut.-Gov. Sir John Colbourne, asking that Kempenfelt be chosen as the County Town. But two years later the Government purchased land at the present site of Barrie which became the County Town in 1837.
Civic Address: 285 Shanty Bay Rd., Oro-Medonte, Ontario L4M 1E4 (approx)
Directions: From Bayfield and Dunlop in Barrie, head East on Dunlop St. E towards Fred Grant St.; Continue onto Blake St/Duckworth St; slight right at Shanty Bay Road. Destination in 1 km. (approx)
Description: The Penetanguishene Road, surveyed by Samuel Wilmot in 1811 as the overland route to supply Penetanguishene, was constructed from Kempenfel(d)t Bay to Georgian Bay during the War of 1812 under the supervision of "Tiger" Dunlop.
Under a system of free grants, most of the land immediately adjacent to the road was settled beginning in 1819. The Government reserved 300 acres here at its south end of the road for a town to be known as the Village of Kempenfel(d)t which had a boat landing, log barracks, stores, tavern, brewery and brickyard.
In 1831 a petition was sent to Lieut.-Gov. Sir John Colbourne, asking that Kempenfelt be chosen as the County Town. But two years later the Government purchased land at the present site of Barrie which became the County Town in 1837.
