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East and West Trails, No. 1.

Name: The Lake Shore Trail.
Termini: Niagara river and Fort Detroit.
Route: Ascended the eastern shore of Niagara river—followed southern shore of Lake Erie, usually on the "second rise." Connected Presque Isle, Fort Sandusky, and Fort Detroit.
Remarks: A trail of the second class. Mentioned in Zeisberger's Diary, vol. i., pp. 333–341; also in Rhea's Narrative, Pennsylvania Archives, second series, p. 669. For best map, see Heckewelder's Map of Northwestern Ohio, 1796.

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