Rural Routes Ontario - Pointe au Baril

69 Hwy
Pointe-Au-Baril-Station, Ontario
P0G 1K0

Ontario Tourism Region : Muskoka, Parry Sound and Algonquin Park

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Pop. 237. In Harrison T., Parry Sound Dist. at the tip of a point on the E shore of Georgian Bay, 50 km. by boat NW of Parry Sound.
The post office was established as Pointe au Baril in 1892. The story goes that a barrel of whisky lost by fur transporters was found the following spring by a party of French traders stranded on an island at the entrance to Pointe au Baril Channel.
After drinking the whisky they placed the empty cask on a pole as a beacon. Another version is that fur traders placed a light in a barrel on shore to guide them back to land after they had finished their evening's fishing.
Postcards above used with permission from A Great Lakes Treasury of Old Postcards 2007 Lorenzo Marcolin, MD 176 pp. For Copies call the Huronia Museum 705 526 2844 or email lmarcolin@aol.com

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Off the beaten track:	Pointe au Baril, 1km Ojibway Island, 4km Georgian Inlet, 7km Niweme, 8km Manbert, 10km Skerryvore, 9km Naiscoot, 12km Shawanaga Landing, 10km Pointe au Baril Station, 10km Harris Lake, 17km Adanac, Parry Sound area, 17km Brooks Landing, 19km Shawanaga, 17km Dillon, 20km Britt Station, 26km North Magnetawan, 23km Drocourt, 26km	Madigans, 20km Snug Haven, 26km Snug Harbour, Killbear Provincial Park area, 26km South Magnetawan, 25km Still River, 31km Bekanon, 33km Woods, 24km Mowat, 33km Shebeshekong, 27km Burton, Magnetawan area, 28km Killbear Park, 30km Ludgate, 37km Key River, 37km Pakesley, 39km Cranberry, 39km Carling, 31km Lost Channel, French River area, 39km	Bolger Bridge, 32km Bolger, 32km Key Harbour, 41km Pickerel, 46km Ardbeg, 33km Wanikewin, 48km Boakview, 36km Bon Air, 51km Depot Harbour, 41km French River, Hwy 69, s. of Sudbury, 51km Key Junction, 50km Fleming's Landing, 45km Bigwood, 53km Seven Mile Narrows, 45km Wahwashkesh, 40km Waubamik, 39km
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