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Discovery Point

Photos by Ms. S. Doré - Posted August, 2007

These rocks were assembled by the Etobicoke Historical Society in 1967. They are located rather out of the way at the top of a steep hill via a grassy path across from a pavilion, south off the Humber River Trail east of Stephen Drive. Cut into the stone of the smaller rock is this information:

Coordinates: 43.635928 -79.480028

From a nearby spot, Lake Ontario was first seen by a white man: Étienne Brûlé September 9, 1615. To Brûlé and all like adventurous spirits who laid the foundations of our nation, this memorial is dedicated.
Portage Toronto
Étienne Brûlé 1615
René Robert Cavalier de la Salle 1680
John Graves Simcoe 1793
and all who passed this way.

Other Humber River plaques south of Dundas Street
Discovery Walks - The Shared Path
Étienne Brûlé
The Humber River
Lambton House
The Old Mill
Samuel de Champlain's Journeys Through Ontario
Sir William Pearce Howland (1811-1907)

Related Ontario plaque
La Salle at the Head of the Lake

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> Posted January 5, 2018
Are there other rocks like the tall one at discovery point?
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