Nova Scotia Route 203

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Nova Scotia Route 203
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length83 km [1] (52 mi)
Major junctions
West end US 40 (1948).svg Nova Scotia Route 340.svg Route 340 / Trunk 40 in Carleton
 Nova Scotia 103.svg Hwy 103 in Shelburne
East endNova Scotia 3.svg Trunk 3 in Shelburne
Location
Counties Yarmouth, Shelburne
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia
100-series
Nova Scotia Route 202.svg Route 202 Route 204 Nova Scotia Route 204.svg

Route 203 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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It is located in Shelburne and Yarmouth Counties and runs through a sparsely populated area including Argyle Municipality from Shelburne at Trunk 3 along the border of the Tobeatic Wilderness Area through Kemptville and connects to Nova Scotia Route 340 at Carleton. The village of East Kemptville is the only part of a municipality in Nova Scotia disconnected from the rest of the district by roads, and accessible only from other districts via Highway 203.

Route 203 is considered the loneliest road in the province because it has the longest uninhabited stretch of any paved highway in Nova Scotia. [2]

Communities

Parks & Protected Area

Businesses

See also

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References

  1. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7 Page 84-85, 89
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301185934/http://www.nsexplore.ca/places/yarmouth-county/flintstone-rock/ Route 203: Loneliest highway in the province