Ontario Highway 17

highway in Ontario

Ontario Highway 17 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. It is 1,964 kilometres (1,220 miles) long.[2] This makes it Ontario's longest highway. It starts on the border with Manitoba, near Kenora. It ends near Arnprior where the highway merges with Ontario Highway 417.

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Highway 17

Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length1,964.0 km (1,220.4 mi)
ExistedFebruary 26, 1920[1]–present
Tourist
routes
Lake Superior Circle Tour
Major junctions
West end PTH 1 (TCH) towards Winnipeg
Major intersections Highway 71 – Kenora
 Highway 61 – Thunder Bay
 Highway 11 – Nipigon
 Highway 101 – Wawa
To I-75 in Sault Ste. Marie
 Highway 6 – McKerrow
 Highway 69 – Sudbury
 Highway 11 – North Bay
 Highway 41 – Pembroke
 Highway 60 – Renfrew
East end Highway 417 near Arnprior
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Major citiesKenora, Dryden, Ignace, Thunder Bay, Wawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Mattawa, Petawawa, Pembroke, Arnprior
Highway system
Highway 16Highway 17A

Highway 17 forms the Ontario part of the Trans-Canada Highway.[3]

Sources

change
  1. Shragge 1982, pp. 74–75.
  2. "The King's Highway 17". Cameron Bevers. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. "Ontario #17 Highway Guide". Mile By Mile Media of British Columbia, Canada. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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