Post by larryc1 on Dec 11, 2022 21:39:08 GMT
For thousands of years the aboriginal people in this area used a portage route across the base of the Bruce Peninsula in order to avoid a lengthy (200 km) and hazardous circumnavigation of the peninsula. This 20 km portage is commemorated by a historical marker at Road 13, #3209.
From the marker eastward the route has been lost although it did appear on very early maps. Google shows a relatively gentle slope to Colpoys Bay whereas a direct path to Wiarton would encounter impassible cliffs.
To the west the route divided into two alternatives - the Rankin and Sauble rivers (red) and Spry Lake (blue).
Ancient Portage Route.kmz (4.35 KB)
From the marker eastward the route has been lost although it did appear on very early maps. Google shows a relatively gentle slope to Colpoys Bay whereas a direct path to Wiarton would encounter impassible cliffs.
To the west the route divided into two alternatives - the Rankin and Sauble rivers (red) and Spry Lake (blue).
Ancient Portage Route.kmz (4.35 KB)
