The Nine Mile Portage was a trail which connects Kempenfelt BayofLake Simcoe, Ontario, to Willow Creek, a tributary of the Nottawasaga River that flows to Wasaga BeachonGeorgian 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]
44°22′55″N 79°47′13″W / 44.382°N 79.787°W / 44.382; -79.787
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