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Black plaque № 57250

Fort Wayne, IN, United States

The Towpath Trail History A portage, a canal and a railroad In colonial times, a portage from the St. Marys River in Fort Wayne to the Wabash River in Huntington enabled a major French and Indian trade route to exist from Quebec on the St. Lawrence River to New Orleans on the Mississippi River. Late

r, the British used the same portage as a military route. There are several routes for the portage and the exact traces have long ago disappeared. On February 22, 1832, ground was broken in Fort Wayne

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