Nine Mile Portage

Dogs Leashed

Features Historical Significance

The Nine Mile Portage Heritage Trail connects past with present, water with land, urban with rural, recreation with discovery. This recreation trail is based on an ancient overland route created by the early aboriginal people of our area. One of the oldest known European records of the route appears on a 1688 map by Italian Vincenzo Coronelli labelled as 'Portage de dix Lieuel'.This portage came to be known as the 'Nine Mile Portage' by the British Military, which employed it strategically during the War of 1812. After the war, use continued until the first roads and the railway were established. Courtesy of the City of Barrie.