Nine_Mile_Portage Knowpia

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

John Franklin 'fix[ed] 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.^[3]

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^ "Nine Mile Portage and Willow Depot". Government of Canada: Parks Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Barrie: Nine Mile Portage Heritage Trail". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ Brad Rudychyk. "The History of the Nine-Mile Portage" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[1] "Nine Mile Portage and Willow Depot". Government of Canada: Parks Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[2] "Barrie: Nine Mile Portage Heritage Trail". Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[3] Brad Rudychyk. "The History of the Nine-Mile Portage" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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