6-591: Carrying Place can refer to: Carrying Place, Ontario , a community and National Historic Site in Canada Carrying Place and Carrying Place Town, townships in Northwest Somerset, Maine , USA Oneida Carrying Place , Rome, New York, USA Toronto Carrying-Place Trail Portage or carrying trail, place where watercraft or cargo are carried over land from one body of water to another Topics referred to by
12-569: A passage for ships in 1889, travellers from Kingston to York knew the spot well. Once a major stagecoach stop on the old Danforth Road (now Loyalist Parkway ), Carrying Place is still a milestone for travellers as they cross the canal that made Prince Edward County into an island. The name Quinte comes from the indigenous Kente, which survives as Fort Kente and the cities of Quinte and Quinte West . 44°02′56″N 77°34′48″W / 44.049°N 77.580°W / 44.049; -77.580 This Eastern Ontario geographical article
18-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Carrying Place, Ontario Carrying Place is a community straddling the Quinte West and Prince Edward County border that serves as a gateway to Prince Edward County , Ontario , Canada. Situated northwest of Picton and just south of Trenton , it was named for its location on the portage between
24-519: The Bay of Quinte and Weller's Bay on Lake Ontario . The Loyalist Parkway passes through the community. Carrying Place is home to the Department of National Defence's LPH-89 antenna farm attached to CFB Trenton and located along Loyalist Parkway south of Twelve O'clock Point. Before the arrival of Europeans, the local Indigenous people portaged the nine mile stretch of land across the isthmus connecting
30-667: The Bay of Quinte to Lake Ontario, which gave the place its name. In 1787, the Chiefs of the Mississaugas and Sir John Johnson , Superintendent of Indian Affairs, negotiated a treaty at the Carrying Place. The Mississauga agreed to cede land and a river on the isthmus which would facilitate travel across the isthmus separating the Bay of Quinte from Lake Ontario. Before the Murray Canal opened
36-424: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Carrying Place . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carrying_Place&oldid=439721051 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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