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The Penetanguishene Road built between 1814 – 1815, from Kempenfelt Bay, provided an alternate route to Georgian Bay, however, early settlers also used this route to get to the frontier of Simcoe County, bypassing the areas of West Gwillimbury and Essa townships.
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Penetanguishene and Road
Beginning in 1814, the British-Canadians built the Penetanguishene Road to provide the area a land route to Barrie and Toronto, as it was previously accessible only by water transport along the rivers or across Georgian Bay.
Connecting with other contactors sections and the previously constructed road from Kempenfelt Bay, the road became known as Penetanguishene Road.
Craighurst started as a small community on the Penetanguishene Road in the 1830s.
The blocks of land on the Penetanguishene Road, were at the time being granted to settlers of European origin.
Penetanguishene Road, a historic colonization road and a former part of Highway 93, defines most of Oro-Medonte's boundary with the neighbouring township of Springwater.
Prior to the provincial highway downloadings of 1997, Highway 11 left its expressway route through Oro-Medonte at Crown Hill, transferring onto Penetanguishene Road for the remainder of its southerly route into Barrie and Toronto.
Highway 11 now continues past the Penetanguishene Road interchange along the former route of Highway 400A, ending at Highway 400 1. 1 kilometres further southwest.
By linking together several previously built roads such as Yonge Street, Penetanguishene Road, Middle Crossroad and the Muskoka Road, all early colonization roads in this region, a continuous route was created between Toronto and North Bay ; however, the new department's jurisdiction did not extend north of the Severn River.
Another freeway section does exist in Barrie with the freeway segment from the southern terminus ending at Penetanguishene Road ( Simcoe Road 93 ).
North of there it is generally parallel to the Penetanguishene Road and Highway 400.
It was intended that Yonge Street, in combination with the similar Penetanguishene Road further north, would provide access to the upper Great Lakes from the city of York.
Penetanguishene and built
St James On the Lines, the historic Anglican Garrison Church in Penetanguishene, Ontario built in 1836.
Penetanguishene and between
The young French translator, Étienne Brûlé, was the first European to set foot in the Penetanguishene area, some time between 1610 and 1614.
To provide supplies to the excellent habour at Penetanguishene a road of about 35 km was surveyed ca 1813 between the two bodies of water.
Penetanguishene and –
John Moberly ( 1789 – 1848 ), British naval officer at Penetanguishene, Ontario
Penetanguishene and from
The name Penetanguishene is believed to come from either the Wyandot language or from the Abenaki language via the Ojibwa language, meaning " land of the white rolling sands ".
In 1817, naval units from Michilimackinac and Schooner Town ( near modern-day Wasaga Beach ) were consolidated at Penetanguishene.
In 1828, the main British military establishment on the Upper Lakes moved from Drummond Island to Penetanguishene.
Families of Métis fur traders who had moved with the British from Michilimackinac to Drummond Island after the War of 1812, moved again to Penetanguishene.
Penetang-Midland Coach Lines ( PMCL ) operates from Penetanguishene.
Arenburg was released from a mental hospital in Penetanguishene in 2006, then imprisoned for two years for assaulting a U. S. border guard in 2008.
In 1875 the town was approached by the North Simcoe Railway to run a line from Penetanguishene through Alliston to join the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway.
Category: People from Penetanguishene
Until the middle of the 17th century, the Wendake ancestors occupied a vast territory straddling part of what is now the United States ( from Detroit as far south as Oklahoma ), south-eastern Ontario ( Penetanguishene and Midland ) and Quebec.
It was used in the past for ships travelling from Collingwood to Penetanguishene, Midland, and Parry Sound.
* Penetanguishene Naval Yard, Penetanguishene, Ontario operated from 1813 to 1834
A large anchor, over fifteen feet ( roughly 4. 6 m ) long and weighing approximately 4000 lbs ( about 1 816 kg ), for the frigate under construction at Penetanguishene was shipped from England and had made it as far as Holland Landing when the war ended.
* HM Schooner Bee was a 79-foot wooden supply schooner of 30. 5 tonnes displacement, stationed at the Penetanguishene Naval Establishment from 1817 to 1831.
Penetanguishene and Bay
Christian Island is a large island in Georgian Bay close to the communities of Penetanguishene and Midland, Ontario.
Awenda Provincial Park is a provincial park in western Ontario located on the northern tip of the Penetanguishene Peninsula on Georgian Bay.
Penetanguishene and Georgian
Penetanguishene, along with Parry Sound, is now one of the departure points for Georgian Bay's 30, 000 Islands boat tours.
Penetanguishene and Simcoe
* Simcoe County: Essa, Penetanguishene, Tiny
Penetanguishene, an Ojibwe village located at the southern tip of the bay near present-day Midland, was developed as a naval base in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.
Penetanguishene, sometimes shortened to Penetang, is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
Penetanguishene has four different school boards within its limits — the publicly founded English board ( Simcoe County District School Board ), which runs the Penetanguishene Secondary School and James Keating Elementary School ; the Public French School Board, the CSDCSO and the English Catholic School Board.
The " East Riding of the county of Simcoe " initially consisted of the townships of Tay, Medonte, Oro, Orillia, Matchedash, Muskoka, Wood, Medora, Monck and Tiny, the villages of Gravenhurst and Midland, and the towns of Orillia and Penetanguishene.
It initially consisted of the City of Owen Sound, the Village of Chatsworth and the Townships of Collingwood, Euphrasia, Holland, Osprey, St. Vincent and Sydenham in the County of Grey ; and Christian Islands Indian Reserve No. 30 and the Townships of Flos, Nottawasaga, Sunnidale and Tiny ( excepting the Town of Penetanguishene ) in the County of Simcoe.
Penetanguishene and West
It is thought that Walter was lured to the West, following a brief visit by Henry, to the family home at Penetanguishene, Ontario.
Penetanguishene and townships
In the meantime townships were created and surveyed on both sides of the Penetanguishene Rd ca.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Matchedash, Medonte, Orillia North, Orillia South, Tay and Tiny, and the towns of Midland, Orillia and Penetanguishene.
Penetanguishene and .
Sturgeon Falls, Penetanguishene and Windsor each had its own school crisis.
James LaBrie was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada and started singing and playing drums at age 5.
Other communities with notable francophone populations are Lakeshore, Windsor, Penetanguishene and Welland.
( The other two are Penetanguishene and Lakeshore.
The towns of Midland, Penetanguishene, Port Severn and Honey Harbour are at the south-eastern end of the bay, and are popular sites for summer cottages, as are the many bays and islands on the eastern coast.
Some other small craft were headquartered in Penetanguishene for the exploration and mapping of the Great Lakes ' coastline.
Penetanguishene became the local market and meeting place for these individuals.
Built in 1836, St. James on the Lines is an historic Anglican garrison church in Penetanguishene.
The historic naval and military base ( Discovery Harbour ) near Penetanguishene is open to visitors.
Penetanguishene is home to the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, a maximum security mental health facility.
In the summer months, the area's population grows to over 100, 000 with seasonal visitors to more than 8, 000 cottages, resort hotels, provincial and national parks in the surrounding municipalities of Penetanguishene, Tiny and Tay.
The census agglomeration area of Midland includes Tay Township and the Town of Penetanguishene.
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