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
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 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, 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
Highway 17 (the
Trans-Canada Highway) east of Dryden. The route is 25.0 kilometres (15.5 mi) in length.[1] Highway601 was assumed on May9, 1956.[5]
Secondary Highway605, commonly referred to as Highway605, is a
secondary highway in the
Canadian province of
Ontario, in
Kenora District. The route begins at
Highway 17 (the
Trans-Canada Highway) at the hamlet of
Oxdrift, west of
Dryden. It travels north 12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) 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
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.
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
Highway 599. 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 Highway 599, 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
Highway 17 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 (5.1 mi)[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, 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.
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
Highway 72 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 Highway 72 in 1934. In 1954, the road was renumbered as Highway 116, but may have been briefly designated as "Highway 72A" 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 Highway 116 (which became Highway 664), Highway 119 (which became
Highway 665), and Highway 128 (which became the infamous Highway 666, and was consequently renumbered as
Highway 658 in 1985.)
The road today is a typical secondary highway: lightly travelled, connecting a town to a main Kings Highway (Highway 72), 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.
Secondary Highway 671 is a highway 68.7 km (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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abOntario 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.
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abcdOntario 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.
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abcdMap 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.
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abOntario 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.
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abOntario 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.