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The Toronto Carrying Place

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2007

An Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque here in this small park on the east side of Humbercrest Blvd just north of Langmuir Crescent has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.655931 -79.492806

What came to be known as the Toronto Route or Carrying Place actually consisted of two alternate passages: one ascended the Humber River to the Holland, while a lesser one began 40 kilometres to the east and followed the Rouge River. The route connected Lakes Simcoe and Ontario and was an important trade route for the Indian nations and later the French. Étienne Brûlé travelled it in 1615 and the Iroquois reputedly used it on their way to attack Huronia in 1649. Although of lesser importance to British fur traders, it still contributed to the favourable position of the settlement which became Toronto.

The following plaque can be seen on the southeast corner of Dundas Street West and Old Dundas Street at the west end of the Dundas Street bridge over the Humber River.

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted November, 2013

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