"EXPLORERS OF MUSKOKA AND HALIBURTON"
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N 45° 08.947 W 079° 06.786
17T E 648330 N 5001247
This plaque celebrates the explorers who sought routes through the wilderness north of Lake Simcoe and the Muskoka River.
Waymark Code: WM294B
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/25/2007
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Following the War of 1812 expeditions traversed the wilderness between Lakes Simcoe and Muskoka and the Ottawa River, seeking a route across Upper Canada less open to attack than by the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario. In 1819 Lieut. J.P. Catty, R.E., crossed by way of Balsam and Kashagawigamog Lakes and the York and Madawaska Rivers. Lieut. Henry Briscoe, R.E., and Ensign Durnford, R.E., ascended the Muskoka in 1826, proceeding via Lake of Bays, Lake Opeongo and the Petawawa. Other expeditions through Muskoka were led by Alexander Shirreff, 1829, Lieut. J. Carthew, R.N., and Lieut. F.H. Baddeley, R.E., 1835: and David Thompson, 1837.
