Carrying Place is a small community in Prince Edward County, Ontario NW of Picton. It was named for its location on the portage between the Bay of Quinte and Weller's Bay on Lake Ontario. The Corporation of the County of Prince Edward is a single-tier municipality and a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Picton Harbour in the winter Picton is a town and the county seat of Prince Edward County in central Ontario, Canada. ... The Bay of Quinte is on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. ... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...

On September 23 1787, Sir John Johnson signed the so-called "Gunshot Treaty" there with the Mississaugas, ceding lands between the Etobicoke Creek and the Bay of Quinte. Sir John Johnson (5 November 1741 – 4 January 1830) was a loyalist leader during the American Revolution. ... The Mississaugas are a native people located in Southern Ontario. ... Etobicoke Creek is one of the many creeks running through Toronto, Ontario and the Toronto Area into Lake Ontario, often characterised by their winding paths through deep ravines and distinctive shale banks. ...

The Loyalist Parkway passes through the community. The Kings Highway No. ...