East and West Mossy Portages

East and West Mossy Portages is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Easterville, Manitoba.

Manitoba · PTH 60 , 30 kilometres west of Easterville Road, PR 327 · location approximate

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This site is part of the Pas Moraine, a high, well-drained natural causeway that served Indians long before European contact as a major east-west travel route between the northern Interlake and Manitoba's western uplands. With the advent of watercraft several thousand years ago, narrow portions of the moraine became portages vital to north-south traffic between Cedar Lake and Lake Winnipegosis. This route was opened to white traders in 1750 when the sons of La Verendrye crossed Mossy Portage. Until the 1870s, the portages connected the main western route from Hudson Bay to the Swan River-Lake Dauphin fur areas. The crossings were important to the Hudson's Bay Company, the Nor-Westers, and independent traders. Use of the portages diminished after the introduction of steam transportation in the North-West.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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East and West Mossy Portages

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