Rouge Portage
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Rouge Portage is a historic portage route in the Toronto area that formed part of the Indigenous and early European overland connection between Lake Ontario and the upper Great Lakes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rouge Portage canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic portage route
ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ |
| associatedWith | fur trade era travel routes ⓘ |
| connects |
Lake Ontario
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
upper Great Lakes region ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | part of traditional Indigenous travel and trade networks ⓘ |
| followsWatercourse | Rouge River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | overland link between navigable waterways ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | recognized as a historic route in local history ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early colonial era
ⓘ
pre-contact era ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named for the Rouge River ⓘ |
| near | Lake Ontario shoreline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Lakes–St. Lawrence waterway network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Greater Toronto Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeType | overland connection ⓘ |
| significance | facilitated travel between Lake Ontario and inland waterways leading toward the upper Great Lakes ⓘ |
| transportMode | canoe portage ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
early European travellers ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Toronto Carrying-Place route