Nine-Mile Portage -- Barrie
The start of the Nine-Mile Portage in Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie.
GPS: N 44° 23' 20" W 79° 41' 17"
Civic Address: 3 Fred Grant St., Barrie, Ontario L4M 3G6
Directions: Southwest corner of Memorial Square across from Owen Street, downtown Barrie.
Description: Site of eastern terminus of an Indian portage from Kempenfeldt Bay to Willow Creek and thence by the Nottawasaga River to Georgian Bay. In the winter of 1813-14, a force consisting of 2 companies of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment under the command of Lieut-Colonel Robert McDouall of the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles followed it on the way to relieve the isolated British garrison at Michilimackinac. That summer it was developed as a rough wagon road and till about 1830 was in frequent use for transport of supplies to Penetanguishene and the western military and fur trading posts.
Civic Address: 3 Fred Grant St., Barrie, Ontario L4M 3G6
Directions: Southwest corner of Memorial Square across from Owen Street, downtown Barrie.
Description: Site of eastern terminus of an Indian portage from Kempenfeldt Bay to Willow Creek and thence by the Nottawasaga River to Georgian Bay. In the winter of 1813-14, a force consisting of 2 companies of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment under the command of Lieut-Colonel Robert McDouall of the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles followed it on the way to relieve the isolated British garrison at Michilimackinac. That summer it was developed as a rough wagon road and till about 1830 was in frequent use for transport of supplies to Penetanguishene and the western military and fur trading posts.
Nine Mile Portage Plaque
