Just past Maitland Rd. on the north side of the highway. Use Pointe-au-Baril National Historic Site for navigation.
Commemoration
The Barques "Iroquoise" and "Outaouaise" the last french ships of war that navigated Lake Ontario, were built on this point, then called Pointe au Baril. On 17th August, 1760, the Outaouaise commanded by Captain La Broquerie, was taken after a gallant fight by five British row-galleys, under Colonel George Williamson
Background
When the French occupied this land, they built a shipyard, as well as a fort, in 1758, during the Seven Years War. By 1759, they had destroyed the shipyard and pulled back to Montreal.