Secondary Highway 520, commonly referred to as Highway 520, is a provincially maintained highway in the

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province of

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. The highway is in length, connecting several small communities in

Parry Sound District Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing Distri ...

with Highway 124 and Highway 11. The highway links several remote

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hamlets to the major highway routes of the region. However, the only places of noteworthy size are the village of

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and the town of

Burk's Falls Burk's Falls is an incorporated village in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada, located north of Toronto and south of North Bay, Ontario. The village, and the waterfall on the site, were named (for himself) by ...

. It is

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with Highway 124 for .

Route description

Highway520 begins in Ardbeg as a continuation of the local Clear Lake Road, and travels south then east about to reach a level crossing of the

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(CN) line at Ardbeg

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. It continues east, then south through a sparsely populated region of the

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, though providing access to several First Nation villages. Upon reaching Highway124 at

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, the two routes travel east, concurrently, for . Highway520 then branches to the south, meets Highway 510 and passes through the village of

. Southeast of Magnetawan, the highway winds along the northern shore of Cecebe Lake, bisecting several small communities en route. It enters the town of Burk's Falls, where it is known as Ryerson Centre Road. Passing beneath the Burk's Falls Bypass of Highway11, Highway520 parallels the

Magnetawan River The Magnetawan River is a long river in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. The river flows 175 km from its source of Magnetawan Lake inside Algonquin Provincial Park to empty into Georgian Bay at the community of Britt on Byng Inlet. ...

briefly then turns south onto Ontario Street, the former alignment of Highway11. It crosses the river and travels through the centre of the town, meeting the bypass south of it. Highway520 ends at an interchange with Highway11, at

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257, south of Burk's Falls. The portion of Highway520 from the intersection of Ontario Street south to the Burk's Falls town limits is maintained under a

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agreement.

History

Highway 520 is one of many Secondary Highways assigned a route number in 1956. Prior to this time, the route was a numbered, but unposted Development Road maintained by the Department of Highways.

Major intersections

References

{{Ontario Secondary Highways 520 Roads in Parry Sound District