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Historical Markers in Carrying Place

 
By Tim Boyd, June 8, 2025
Bay of Quinte Carrying Place / Le Portage de la Baie de Quinte Marker
1 ► Ontario, Hastings County, Carrying Place, Murray — Bay of Quinte Carrying Place / Le Portage de la Baie de Quinte —
On Loyalist Parkway at County Road 64, on the right when traveling south on Loyalist Parkway.
Bay of Quinte Carrying Place Following the peace settlement of 1783 the British sought alternative trade routes north of the new boundary. Among these was the communication, via river and portage, between Lakes Ontario and Huron. . . . — — Map (db m275387) HM
2 ► Ontario, Hastings County, Carrying Place, Murray — The Important Connection / Un lien important — Sir John A. Macdonald Heritage Trail —
On Shore Road at Loyalist Parkway, on the right when traveling west on Shore Road.
The Important Connection Sir John A. Macdonald's government supported creating the Murray Canal linking Lake Ontario to the Bay of Quinte to reduce shipping accidents off of the southern shore of Prince Edward County. The . . . — — Map (db m275368) HM
3 ► Ontario, Hastings County, Carrying Place, Murray — Murray Canal / Le canal Murray —
On Shore Road at Loyalist Parkway, on the right when traveling west on Shore Road.
[left panel] Murray Canal Cutting straight through the narrow strip of land connecting Prince Edward County with the north shore of Lake Ontario, the Murray Canal is an 8 kilometre canal cut linking Lake Ontario with the Bay of . . . — — Map (db m275427) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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