Secondary Highway 529, commonly referred to as Highway 529, is a
provincially maintained secondary highway in the
Canadian province of
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
. Located within
Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District is a Census divisions of Canada, census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District Municipality of Muskoka, District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the Fre ...
, the highway follows a route, from its southern terminus at
Highway 69 near
Pointe au Baril to its northern terminus at the Highway 69 crossing of 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. ...
near
Byng Inlet. Two
spur routes,
Highway 529A and
Highway 645, branch off the highway to serve the communities of
Bayfield Inlet and
Byng Inlet, respectively. The route was established along the present alignment of Highway 529A in 1956. It was relocated in 1961 along the former routing of Highway 69 when a bypass opened through the area, with the former alignment being renumbered as Highway 529A.
Route description
Highway 529 begins in the south in
The Archipelago
The Archipelago is a township in central Ontario, Canada, along the Georgian Bay in the Parry Sound District.
The municipality consists of two non-contiguous parts, separated by Carling and the Parry Sound. The northern part includes the villa ...
at Highway 69, which it generally parallels several kilometres to the west, immediately north of Pointe au Baril. The route crosses the
Canadian Pacific
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
(CP) railway line which lay between the two routes before curving north near the entrance to
Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park. It zigzags to the north and west through forests and rocks, intersecting the eastern terminus of Highway 529A before curving back east and then north. The route enters the
Shawanaga First Nation
Shawanaga First Nation is an Anishinaabe First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government in central Ontario near Nobel, Ontario, Nobel. Its reserves include:
* Naiscoutaing 17A
* Shawanaga 17
* Shawanaga 17B
Shawanaga First Nation is locate ...
reserve and crosses the
Naiscoot River before jogging east. The remainder of the route follows
traverse lines as it proceeds north into the township of
Wallbridge, passing east of
Giroux Lake. It encounters the
Magnetawan First Nation
The Magnetawan First Nation ( oj, Magnetawan Atik Anishnaabe) is an Ojibwe First Nation community in Ontario, Canada. The community is situated on reserve lands in Britt, Ontario.
Magnetawan Indian Reserve No. 1
Magnetawan No. 1 is a First Na ...
reserve
No. 1, within which is an intersection with the eastern terminus of Highway 645. The route curves northeast and crosses the CP railway a second time before ending at Highway 69 just south of its crossing of 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. ...
.
Highway 529 is in length and serves the communities of
Manbert,
Naiscoot and
Naiscoutaing. It is paved in its entirety. Two spur routes, Highway 529A and Highway 645, branch off the highway to serve the communities of Bayfield Inlet and Byng Inlet, respectively.
History
Highway 529 is a former alignment of Highway 69. The route was established on May9, 1956 when the Department of Highways (DHO), predecessor to the modern
Ministry of Transportation
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...
(MTO), assumed control of the Bayfield Road.
This original section was renumbered in 1961 as Highway 529A. A new bypass of the original route of Highway 69 between Pointe-au-Baril and the Magnetewan River was opened that year, and consequently the old alignment was renumbered as Highway 529.
In the freeway conversion plans for Highway 69 through the Pointe au Baril area, a new bypass will be built and Highway 529 will assume the current route of Highway 69 through the community, extending the length of the highway by approximately four kilometres to a new interchange with what will become
Highway 400.
Highway 69: Four-Laning Detail Design, Highway 559 Northerly to the Shawanaga River
McCormick Rankin Corporation.
Major intersections
References
External links
{{Ontario Secondary Highways
529
Roads in Parry Sound District
Former segments of the Trans-Canada Highway