5 Minutes from Shore (Million Dollar Homes with private Marina or Town Centre)

  11.5 Acres

Canadian $228,000.00 / U.S. $175,000.00

Close Up of Houses

Statistical Data

First Island of the 1,000 from Toronto in the Bay of Quinte at Trenton (1 Hour 20 Minutes on HWY 401 app. 160 kms)

Other transportation modes include daily Via Rail and Voyager Bus Services and the Quinte Regional Airport

Approximately 2 miles from the South Entrance to the Trent-Severn Waterway

Adjacent to the East Entrance to the Murray Canal

Width:  Averages +/- 500 feet and 750 feet at the Widest Part

Length:  1150 feet + and the Orientation is Nearly a true North to South

Elevation +/- 20' above the Bay high water mark

Historical Data

"Long before the settlement of Upper Canada and the signing of the Gunshot Treaty at The Carrying Place in 1787, the Mississauga Indians were the acknowledged owners of the land about the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario.  It was from them the British Government purchased the right of ownership.  The Indians were paid certain stipulated payments annually, in presents.  Each year the Indians would travel by canoe to Kingston to receive their payment.

The Mississaugas reserved some possessions in and about this area until 1856.  Among these reservations were Bald Head at Weller's Bay, Nicholson Island in Lake Ontario and the islands in the Bay of Quinte from Presqu'lle to Gananoque.

The Island in the Bay of Quinte closest to "The Carrying Place", is known today as Indian Island. On an early map in possession of Crown Lands, it was named Mississauga Island.  Older residents about the area call it Cronk Island.  According to Canniff, it has been named Fighting Island."¹ (So named after a skirmish between the Mississauga Indians and the Loyalist Supporters - The Mohawks.)

¹Gunshot and Gleanings of The Historic Carrying Place, Bay of Quinte, Associate Editors:  Marion, Mikel Calnan, Peggy Dymond Leavey, Julia Rowe Sager.  This Book was written and published to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Gunshot Treaty at the historic Carrying Place on the Bay of Quinte in 1787.  Sponsored by 7th Town Historical Society

Other books of the area include the early history of the Bay of Quinte Area, Hans Waltimeyer by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E.

Regional Data

Trenton - The Southern Gateway of the Trent-Severn System.  There is current plan to develop a premium condominium along the coast.  The City is also the home of the Canadian Forces Base.

Belleville - The largest Centre in the Bay of Quinte, is home to several Yacht basins with complete Marine Services.  The City also has two yacht clubs with reciprocal agreements with many clubs through out North America.  The Bay of Quinte Yacht Club dates its history to the Mid 1800's and is one of the oldest clubs in Canada.

Picton - Rapidly developing into the next wine region of Eastern Canada.

Brighton - Rapidly developing into premium retirement centre in Ontario.  Many homes have private slips in the back yard.