Waubaushene, Ontario
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Waubaushene is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Simcoe County township of Tay, at the junction of Highway 400 and the western leg of Highway 12 (it was the terminus of Highway 400 from the mid-1970s until 1996) when the highway was extended north along the former alignment of Highway 69.
North of Waubaushene marks the transitional zone where the vast Canadian Shield begins replacing the bedrock limestone found to the south.
The site of modern-day Waubaushene was historically notable as the place where Canadian Martyrs Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lallemant, missionaries from the nearby Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, were killed. In 1907, a small chapel was consecrated at Waubaushene in honour of the martyrs; the chapel was later moved to Midland and remains an active church as the Martyrs' Shrine.
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