This is a list of secondary highways in Kenora District, most of which provide access to isolated and sparsely populated areas in the Kenora District of northwestern Ontario.
Secondary Highway 525, commonly referred to as Highway 525, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a remote secondary highway that links Highway596 to the Wabaseemoong First Nations reserve. It is the second-westernmost secondary highway in the province, Highway673 being the first. The route was commissioned by 1982 along what was formerly Highway596; a former use of the route number existed between 1956 and 1973 in Gravenhurst.
Secondary Highway 596, commonly referred to as Highway 596, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connects the city of Kenora and the Trans-Canada Highway to Minaki, with a length of 48 kilometres. The highway was assigned in 1956. The southern part of the highway used a former road from Kenora to Trout Lake. The part from Pistol Lake to Minaki was originally part of a supply route for the construction of the White Dog Falls Station hydroelectric dam near the White Dog Reserve. New road was built linking these two older segments. The highway was substantially rebuilt and upgraded around 1980 as part of the Ontario Government's renovation of Minaki Lodge (since closed).
Termini and Intersections
Northern terminus: The hamlet of Minaki, Ontario, shortly before a crossing with the Canadian National Railway's transcontinental line. West of Minaki, the highway crosses this railway line twice.
Secondary Highway601, commonly referred to as Highway601, is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District. The route loops north of Dryden, providing access to Dryden Regional Airport. The western terminus is at the Dryden city limits at the intersection of Leach Road, Theil Road and Colonization Avenue, from which it proceeds north along the latter. It loops around Beaver Lake and Zealand Lake, turns south, and passes the airport. The western terminus is at Highway17 (the Trans-Canada Highway) east of Dryden. The route is 25.0 kilometres (15.5mi) in length.[1] Highway601 was assumed on May9, 1956.[5]
Secondary Highway 604, commonly referred to as Highway 604, was a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District. Its total length was approximately 12.6 kilometres (7.8mi). Its western terminus was Highway17 in Kenora, and its eastern terminus was Highway671, 1.9 kilometres (1.2mi) past Kenora Airport. The highway was transferred to the town of Jaffray Melick on April 1, 1997, and the Connecting Link through Kenora removed.
Secondary Highway605, commonly referred to as Highway605, is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District. The route begins at Highway17 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at the hamlet of Oxdrift, west of Dryden. It travels north 12.4 kilometres (7.7mi) and ends at a fork in the road near Rugby Lake.[1] Highway605 was assumed on May9, 1956,[5] and provides service to the dispersed rural community of Eton-Rugby.
Secondary Highway 618, commonly referred to as Highway 618, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connects Olsen Mine and Madsen with the northern terminus of Highway105 in the town of Red Lake. The 11.7-kilometre (7.3mi) route was established in 1956, and has remained the same since then. It passes through a remote forested area, and encounters no communities of any significance outside of Red Lake.
Secondary Highway 646, commonly referred to as Highway 646, was a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was the second-most northerly provincial highway in the entire network, surpassed only by Highway599. It is no longer a secondary highway, and appears as Pickle Lake Road on road signs. The road travels through Pickle Lake, where it intersects Highway599, and links Pickle Lake with the community of Pickle Crow to the east and the Pickle Lake Airport to the west.
Secondary Highway 647, commonly referred to as Highway 647, is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its southeastern terminus is at Highway17 at the west edge of the community of Vermilion Bay, and its northwestern terminus is at McIntosh Road at Blue Lake Provincial Park, a distance of 8.2 kilometres (5.1mi)[10] Beyond this point, the road continues as an unposted local road to the community of McIntosh and further to the Forest Lake Dam, providing access to cottages and resorts on the Indian Lake Chain.[11]
Highway647 was assumed by the Department of Highways, predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation, on December30, 1963.[9]
The existing road to Goldpines was assumed as a provincial route by the Department of Highways, predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation, on November17, 1966.[12]
Secondary Highway 658, commonly referred to as Highway 658, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District. The highway extends 25.3 kilometres (15.7mi) between the city of Kenora and the community of Redditt. For a decade, Highway 658 was numbered as Highway 666, leading to numerous sign thefts and a petition by members of a church on the route. This petition eventually led to the route being renumbered in late 1985.
Secondary Highway 664, commonly referred to as Highway 664, is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in Kenora District, the highway links the community of Hudson to Highway72 near Sioux Lookout. In late July 2012, it was announced that the road would be renamed The Leo Bernier Memorial Highway, after the former MPP for Kenora and Minister of Northern Affairs.[15]
History
The highway began as a part of Highway72 in 1934. In 1954, the road was renumbered as Highway116, but may have been briefly designated as "Highway72A" before that. By 1975, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario had decided to demote three very lightly travelled Kings Highways in Northwestern Ontario to secondary highway status. Those roadways were Highway116 (which became Highway664), Highway119 (which became Highway665), and Highway 128 (which became the infamous Highway666, and was consequently renumbered as Highway658 in 1985.)
The road today is a typical secondary highway: lightly travelled, connecting a town to a main Kings Highway (Highway72), and has slightly narrower and coarser pavement than Kings Highways.
The road was formerly a King's highway, with the designation of Highway 119, but was demoted to secondary highway status in 1975 along with two other routes in the Kenora District.
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Secondary Highway 671 is a highway 68.7km (42.7 miles) in length. It stretches from the intersection with Jones Road to one of the East Indian Reserves near Grassy Narrows south to Kenora, Ontario terminating at Ontario Highway 17A (Kenora Bypass).
Secondary Highway 673, commonly referred to as Highway 673, is one of the newest secondary highways in Ontario, and one of the newest of any provincially designated highway, having been constructed in 1993. The road is also Ontario's most westerly highway aside from Highway 17, which continues into nearby Manitoba. it is also one of the shortest secondary highways in the system.
The road starts at Highway 17, and provides access to the three Indian reserves on Shoal Lake (Shoal Lake #39, Shoal Lake #40, and Kejick First Nation).
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Minaki is an unincorporated area and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the point where the Canadian National Railways transcontinental main line crosses the Winnipeg River, between Wade to the west and Ena Lake at the east, and was accessible only by rail until about 1960. It was a fuelling and watering point in the days of steam locomotives; now few trains stop in Minaki, though the thrice-weekly Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains will stop on request at the Minaki railway station.
Secondary Highway 502, commonly referred to as Highway 502, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway is 151.7 kilometres (94.3 mi) long, connecting Highway 11 east of Fort Frances with Highway 17 in Dryden, via Highway 594. It also carries the Great River Road designation.
Secondary Highway 525, commonly referred to as Highway 525, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a short, remote secondary highway that links Highway 596 to the Wabaseemoong First Nations reserve. It is the second-westernmost secondary highway in the province, Highway 673 being the first. The route was commissioned by 1982 along what was formerly Highway 596; a former use of the route number existed between 1956 and 1973 in Gravenhurst.
Secondary Highway 599, commonly referred to as Highway 599, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 291.0 km (180.8 mi) route connects Highway 17 near Ignace with the remote northern community of Pickle Lake; its terminus at Pickle Lake marks the northernmost point on the provincial highway system. Highway 599 was first assigned in 1956 between Savant Lake and Pickle Lake, although it did not connect with the rest of the provincial highway system at the time. Construction to link it with Highway 17 in Ignace took place between 1958 and 1966. The northern end of Highway 599 is one of two possible starting points for a road to the Ring of Fire mineral deposits, the other being Highway 584 in Nakina.
King's Highway 105, commonly referred to as Highway 105, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Kenora District of northern Ontario, the highway extends for 173.5 kilometres (107.8 mi) from an intersection with Highway 17 between Kenora and Dryden with the Red Lake mining area to the north. The route also passes through the town of Ear Falls near its midpoint. Highway 105 was built to provide access to the large gold deposits at Red Lake, which were only accessible by boat or plane between their discovery in 1926 and the opening of the highway in 1946. Highway 105 passes through long stretches of isolated forest and lakeland, with no services available between the distanced communities along the route.
King's Highway 125, commonly referred to as Highway 125, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is the second northernmost provincial highway in Ontario, behind Secondary Highway 599. The 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) route connects Highway 105 in Red Lake with Cochenour to the northeast. It was built in the early 1950s and assumed as a gravel-surfaced provincial highway in 1955. The route was paved in 1962 and remains generally unchanged today.
Secondary Highway 658, commonly referred to as Highway 658, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District. The highway extends 25.3 kilometres (15.7 mi) between the city of Kenora and the community of Redditt. For a decade, Highway 658 was numbered as Highway 666, leading to numerous sign thefts and a petition by members of a church on the route. This petition eventually led to the route being renumbered in late 1985.
Tertiary Highway804, commonly referred to as Highway804, is a provincially maintained access road in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District. The 21.4 kilometres (13.3 mi) route provides access to the Lower Manitou Falls Generating Station from Highway 105 near Ear Falls. Highway804 was designated in 1962 and has remained unchanged since then.
Secondary Highway 618, commonly referred to as Highway 618, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connects Olsen Mine and Madsen with the northern terminus of Highway 105 in the town of Red Lake. The 11.7-kilometre (7.3 mi) route was established in 1956, and has remained the same since then. It passes through a remote forested area, and encounters no communities of any significance outside of Red Lake. The route was assumed by the Department of Highways, predecessor to today's Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, in 1956, along with many other secondary highways in Ontario. The route has remained unchanged since then.
Red Lake Road is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is named for the road, today's Ontario Highway 105, that runs from the community of Vermilion Bay in the south to the town of Red Lake in the north. Red Lake Road is at the junction of Highway 105 with the eastern terminus of Ontario Highway 609, which runs west to the community of Quibell and onward to its northern terminus at Clay Lake.
King's Highway 70, commonly referred to as Highway 70, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, which provided a shorter route from Highway 6 and Highway 21 in Springmount to Highway 6 in Hepworth. The route, which now forms part of Highway 6, was 15.1 kilometres (9.4 mi) long and travelled in a southeast–northwest direction west of Owen Sound. The route followed an early trail blazed by deputy surveyor Charles Rankin in 1842 that was upgraded to a modern road in the 1920s. Highway 70 was designated in 1965 and renumbered as Highway 6 in 1997. Another Highway 70 existed near Kenora between 1937 and 1959 before being renumbered as Highway 71. This designation was applied along the newly opened Heenan Highway, shortly after the Department of Highways (DHO) began numbering routes in northern Ontario. However, a series of renumberings in 1960 led to the entire length becoming part of Highway 71.
1 2 Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1956.
↑ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Photogrammetrey Office. Department of Transportation and Communications. February 1972. §G23.
↑ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Photogrammetrey Office. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1982–1983. §J1–2.
1 2 3 4 Ontario Department of Highways (March 31, 1956). "Appendix No. 3 - Schedule of Assumptions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Fiscal Year". Annual Report (Report). pp.203, 216.
1 2 3 4 Map 13(PDF) (Map). 1: 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
↑ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1964. §§Q34–36.
1 2 Ontario Department of Highways (March 31, 1964). "Appendix 21 – Schedule of designations and re-designations of sections of King's Highway, Secondary Highway and Tertiary Road Systems for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1964". Annual Report (Report). p.268. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
↑ Ontario Provincial Series Road Map, Canadian Automobile Association, 2004.
1 2 Ontario Department of Highways (March 31, 1967). "Appendix No. 23 – Schedule of Existing Roads Assumed as Portions of the King's Highway, Secondary Highway and Tertiary Road Systems for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1967". Annual Report (Report). pp.314–327. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
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Highway 596 near Minaki 
