Portage Path

Portage Path (HMT8M)

Location: Akron, OH 44320 Summit County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 5.065', W 81° 32.538'

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You are standing on the famous portage, carrying-place between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers. The two streams and the portage across the watershed formed an early route between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. First the Indians, then French and English traders and trappers, and finally American settlers and travelers carried their canoes and packs across this narrow strip of land in passing, by way of the rivers, between northern and southern Ohio. The portage was a part of the defined boundaries in the treaties with the Indians made at Fort McIntosh (1785), Fort Harmar (1789), and Green Ville (1795). Use of the portage was discontinued in 1827 when the Ohio and Erie Canal was built along the old trail. Today, modern Akron streets—Portage Path and Manchester Road—follow the approximate route of the original portage.
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HM NumberHMT8M
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number1-77
Year Placed1957
Placed ByOhio Historical Markers Committee
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Date Added Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 at 12:19pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 454449 N 4548269
Decimal Degrees41.08441667, -81.54230000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 5.065', W 81° 32.538'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 5' 3.90" N, 81° 32' 32.28" W
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Area Code(s)330
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 514 Diagonal Rd, Akron OH 44320, US
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