Nine Mile Portage Heritage Trail is a multi-use recreational trail running between downtown Barrie and Fort Willow in Springwater Township. The FKT can be ran in either direction. 

Historic Fort Willow

Strategically located as a supply depot during the War of 1812, the Fort Willow area was also actively used for centuries by First Nations, the fur trade and French explorers as part of a major transportation route known as the Nine Mile Portage.

The route will start from the inside the park after entering through the Lake Louise park entry gates at the beginning of the southern end of the Icefields parkway. 

The route will then follow the main highway all the way from the Lake Louise park gates north all the way to Jasper and finish at the very end of the Icefields parkway road at the traffic lights and junction where Icefields parkway ends and Connought drive begins.