Gateway to Huronia
Text from the plaque
From this lookout may be seen the bay which, during the first half of the 17th century, formed the western terminus of the 1280 km route connecting New France with the Huron settlements. Heavily laden canoes ascended the Ottawa, surmounted the rapids of the Mattawa and French Rivers, crossed Lake Nipissing and traversed the island-studded channels of Georgian Bay. Over these waters passed Récollet and Jesuit missionaries, Etienne Brulé, Samuel de Champlain and other heroic figures of the French regime.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
Find the place
The County of Simcoe
The Township of Tay
Beside a wooden lookout at the top of a hill
at the Martyrs' Shrine on the north side of Highway 12
just east of the Wye River bridge
Also recorded for this place: The County of Simcoe · The County of Simcoe
N 44 44.313 W 79 50.483
Recorded June 2004. Check current access before visiting.
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