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2 unusual facts about Old Dawson Trail


Dawson Trail

Old Dawson Trail, an old land and water route between Ontario and Manitoba

Old Dawson Trail

In 1857, the Canadian government commissioned engineer Simon J. Dawson to survey a route from Lake Superior to the Red River Colony, thereby allowing travel from the east without having to take the existing routes through the United States Dawson surveyed the route in 1858 and construction of the roads began in 1868.



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