The Beacon
BY PHIL WHEELER
Two pyramidal monuments of boulders stand two miles apart at either end of what is known as the De Lery Portage of 1754. One monument marks the site of Old Fort Sandoski (Sandusky), and faces Sandusky Bay, opposite the mouth of the Sandusky River.
The other, the Harrison Perry Embarkation monument, overlooks Lake Erie near the old mouth of the Portage River at the Eastern end portion of Waterworks Park. These markers, together with the short land portage connecting them, teem with history as absorbing as any in this country.
The Harrison Perry Embarkation monument north of the intersection of East Perry Street and Fulton Street, sits as an historical marker located at the northern end of the De Lery Portage.