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Presque Isle Portage

Erie County · dedicated 1946 · Peach St. (US 19) near Lane Rd., ~3 miles N of Waterford

The old portage, part of the historic Venango Trail from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, crossed the modern road here. The early Indian trail became a French military road in 1753, their chief route to the Ohio.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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