Tay: Highway 400 at Highway 12, Looking South
Tay Township lies along the southeastern shore of Georgian Bay, where low wooded terrain and wetlands meet the broad waters of Lake Huron. The community of Waubaushene occupies the township’s northern transport corridor, close to Highway 400 and the bay’s shoreline. Tay’s coast includes small settlements, marinas and water-access points shaped by Georgian Bay’s intricate inlets. Its best-known historic site is Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, a reconstruction of the French Jesuit mission established in 1639; the original settlement was abandoned a decade later. The township is part of Simcoe County, between Barrie and Midland, in a region long linked by waterways and overland routes.
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Tay spans the lower Coldwater River and the edge of Matchedash Bay in Ontario’s Simcoe County, a waterside position that has shaped the township’s small communities and transport links. The municipality extends to Georgian Bay, whose sheltered inlets, marshes and islands give this stretch of shore a distinctly lowland character. The Tay Shore Trail follows a former rail corridor between Waubaushene and Victoria Harbour, providing a route for walking and cycling through shoreline settlements. At Port McNicoll, early-20th-century development as a Canadian Pacific Great Lakes port recalls the era when rail and steamship travel met on the bay. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Tay’s Georgian Bay shore relates to its surrounding waterways and towns.
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