The Bay of Quinte is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter Z on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is located about 200 kilometres east of Toronto and 350 kilometres west of Montreal. The name Quinte is derived from Kenté, which was the name of an early French Catholic mission located on the north shore of what is now Prince Edward County. Officially, in the Mohawk language, the community is called Kenhtè:ke which means the place of the bay. The Cayuga name is Tayęda:ne:gęˀ or Detgayę:da:n...
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