Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated)
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The Toronto Carrying-Place route was an important Indigenous and later European portage and travel corridor linking Lake Ontario with the upper Great Lakes and northern waterways in what is now southern Ontario, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1193721 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated) Context triple: [Humber River, historicalName, Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated)]
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A.
Ontario Highway 17
Ontario Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, forming the primary east–west route across Northern Ontario and constituting the longest segment of the Trans-Canada Highway within the province.
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B.
Spadina streetcar line
The Spadina streetcar line is a major Toronto Transit Commission route running along Spadina Avenue, connecting key downtown destinations including the University of Toronto’s St. George campus.
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C.
Ontario Highway 11
Ontario Highway 11 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, that runs north–south through much of Northern Ontario and serves as a key route connecting numerous remote and rural communities.
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D.
PATH (Toronto)
PATH (Toronto) is an extensive underground pedestrian walkway network in Toronto that connects office towers, shopping centers, and transit hubs throughout the downtown core.
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E.
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway is a coast-to-coast national highway system spanning Canada, serving as a primary route for cross-country travel and commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated) Target entity description: The Toronto Carrying-Place route was an important Indigenous and later European portage and travel corridor linking Lake Ontario with the upper Great Lakes and northern waterways in what is now southern Ontario, Canada.
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A.
Ontario Highway 17
Ontario Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, forming the primary east–west route across Northern Ontario and constituting the longest segment of the Trans-Canada Highway within the province.
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B.
Spadina streetcar line
The Spadina streetcar line is a major Toronto Transit Commission route running along Spadina Avenue, connecting key downtown destinations including the University of Toronto’s St. George campus.
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C.
Ontario Highway 11
Ontario Highway 11 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, that runs north–south through much of Northern Ontario and serves as a key route connecting numerous remote and rural communities.
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D.
PATH (Toronto)
PATH (Toronto) is an extensive underground pedestrian walkway network in Toronto that connects office towers, shopping centers, and transit hubs throughout the downtown core.
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E.
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway is a coast-to-coast national highway system spanning Canada, serving as a primary route for cross-country travel and commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous travel corridor
ⓘ
historic portage route ⓘ trade route ⓘ |
| approximateLength | approximately 45 kilometres ⓘ |
| connects |
Lake Ontario
ⓘ
northern waterways ⓘ upper Great Lakes ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| eraOfUse |
continued in use into the 18th century
ⓘ
used for centuries before European contact ⓘ |
| follows |
Don River
ⓘ
East Holland River ⓘ
surface form:
Holland River
Humber River ⓘ Rouge River ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Don Portage
ⓘ
Holland Portage ⓘ Humber Portage ⓘ Rouge Portage ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | recognized as a significant cultural heritage route ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
British colonial period
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial period in Canada
New France ⓘ pre-contact era ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of transportation corridors in the Toronto area
ⓘ
early European settlement patterns in southern Ontario ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Mohawk ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ Southern Ontario ⓘ
surface form:
southern Ontario
|
| modernRecognition | commemorated by plaques and local place names ⓘ |
| near | present-day Toronto ⓘ |
| partOf | Indigenous North American trade network ⓘ |
| significance |
facilitated fur trade
ⓘ
influenced location of Toronto ⓘ linked Lake Ontario with interior waterways ⓘ supported Indigenous trade networks ⓘ |
| terminusNear |
Georgian Bay
ⓘ
Lake Simcoe ⓘ |
| transportMode |
canoe
ⓘ
on foot ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Anishinabek
ⓘ
surface form:
Anishinaabe peoples
British traders ⓘ European explorers ⓘ French fur traders ⓘ Haudenosaunee ⓘ Algonquian peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes
|
| usedFor |
communication
ⓘ
military movement ⓘ trade ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated) Description of subject: The Toronto Carrying-Place route was an important Indigenous and later European portage and travel corridor linking Lake Ontario with the upper Great Lakes and northern waterways in what is now southern Ontario, Canada.
Referenced by (1)
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