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Barrie, city, seat (1837) of Simcoe county, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies along Kempenfelt Bay, an arm of Lake Simcoe, 55 miles (90 km) north-northwest of Toronto. In 1812 a storehouse was probably built on the site, which during the War of 1812 was the landing and starting point of the Nine-Mile-Portage (a military supply route to the upper Great Lakes). A permanent settlement was established in 1828, named for Commodore Robert Barrie, commander of a naval squadron at Kingston, Ontario. The early economy was based on agriculture and lumbering. Allandale village to the south was annexed in 1897.
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- 1853 - October 11 - Northern Railroad reaches Barrie from Toronto, Ontario.
canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ October_11 - 1855 - Church of St. Mary established at Barrie
www.gcatholic.org - 1869 - Barrie
"Barrie.— The County Seat of Simcoe, and a station of the Northern Railway, pleasantly situated on Kempenifeldt Bay, Lake Simcoe, in the Township of...Read MORE... - 1873
BARRIE, a pretty town of Ontario, capital of Simcoe co., on Kempenfeldt Bay, an arm of Lake Simcoe, 60 miles N.N. W. of Toronto, with which it...Read MORE... - 1895 - Barrie
Bar'rie, a post-town of Ontario, capital of Simcoe co, on Kempenfeldt Bay, Lake Simcoe, 60 miles by rail N.N.W. of Toronto, It has 10 churches, 3...Read MORE... 
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Court House, Barrie, Canada
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Bar'rie, a banking post-town and outport of Ontario, capital of Simcoe co., on Kempenfeldt Bay, Lake Simcoe, and on the Grand Trunk R., 64 miles NNW. ...Read MORE... 
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1985 - BARRIE MOURNS DEAD. SEARCH GOES ON FOR MORE BODIES.
Barrie, Ont. (CP) - A grim, building-by-building search continued yesterday for more possible victims of a cluster of violent tornadoes that ripped...Read MORE...
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1853 - October 11 - Northern Railroad reaches Barrie from Toronto, Ontario.
canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ October_11
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1855 - Church of St. Mary established at Barrie
www.gcatholic.org
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1869 - Barrie
"Barrie.— The County Seat of Simcoe, and a station of the Northern Railway, pleasantly situated on Kempenifeldt Bay, Lake Simcoe, in the Township of... Read MORE...
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1873
BARRIE, a pretty town of Ontario, capital of Simcoe co., on Kempenfeldt Bay, an arm of Lake Simcoe, 60 miles N.N. W. of Toronto, with which it... Read MORE...
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1895 - Barrie
Bar'rie, a post-town of Ontario, capital of Simcoe co, on Kempenfeldt Bay, Lake Simcoe, 60 miles by rail N.N.W. of Toronto, It has 10 churches, 3... Read MORE...
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1916
Bar'rie, a banking post-town and outport of Ontario, capital of Simcoe co., on Kempenfeldt Bay, Lake Simcoe, and on the Grand Trunk R., 64 miles NNW. ... Read MORE...
1985 - BARRIE MOURNS DEAD. SEARCH GOES ON FOR MORE BODIES.
Barrie, Ont. (CP) - A grim, building-by-building search continued yesterday for more possible victims of a cluster of violent tornadoes that ripped... Read MORE...
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