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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 Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
of northwestern
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.


Highway 525

Secondary Highway 525, commonly referred to as Highway 525, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the
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province of
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. 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.


Highway 594

Secondary Highway594, commonly referred to as Highway594, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the
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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 Ca ...
. Located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
, the route branches off Highway 17, the
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, between Eagle River and downtown
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, a distance of . The portion through Dryden, east of Gordon Road, is maintained under a
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agreement. Highway594 also serves to connect the northern end of Highway 502 with Highway17.


Highway 596

Secondary Highway 596, commonly referred to as Highway 596, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the
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province of
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. It connects the city of
Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The his ...
and the
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to
Minaki Minaki ( or ) is an Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated area and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the point where the Canadian National Railways Transcontinental railroad, transcon ...
, 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
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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. *Southern terminus: Highway 17 in Kenora, Ontario. *Intersections **Kenora, ON ***King's Highway 17, Trans-Canada Highway, Southern Terminus in Kenora ***King's Highway 17A, Kenora Bypass **
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
***Provincial Secondary Highway 641 ***Trail, to Wade, Ontario ***Provincial Secondary Highway 525, to White Dog Reserve ***Undefined Rd 24, Northern terminus at Minaki, Ontario


Highway 601

Secondary Highway601, commonly referred to as Highway601, is a
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in the
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province of
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, located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
. The route loops north of
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, providing access to
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. 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
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) east of Dryden. The route is in length. Highway601 was assumed on May9, 1956.


Highway 603

Secondary Highway 603, commonly referred to as Highway 603, is a short
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in the
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province of
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, located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
. Located entirely within
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Melgund Township in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
, the highway extends for from a junction with Highway 17 at Borups Corners northerly to the community of Dyment, ending at a
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on the
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transcontinental mainline.


Highway 604

Secondary Highway 604, commonly referred to as Highway 604, was a
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in the
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province of
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, located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
. Its total length was approximately . Its western terminus was Highway 17 in
Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The his ...
, and its eastern terminus was Highway 671, past
Kenora Airport Kenora Airport is located east northeast of Kenora, Ontario, Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the Fort Frances-Internation ...
. The highway was transferred to the town of Jaffray Melick on April 1, 1997, and the
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through Kenora removed.


Highway 605

Secondary Highway605, commonly referred to as Highway605, is a
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in the
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province of
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, located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
. The route begins at Highway 17 (the
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) at the hamlet of Oxdrift, west of
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. It travels north and ends at a fork in the road near Rugby Lake. Highway605 was assumed on May9, 1956, and provides service to the dispersed rural community of Eton-Rugby.


Highway 609

Secondary Highway 609, commonly referred to as Highway 609, is a
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in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
in northwestern
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,
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. The highway runs west from a junction with
Ontario Highway 105 King's Highway 105, commonly referred to as Highway 105, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Kenora District of northern Ontario, the highway extends for from an intersection with Highway&nb ...
at the community of Red Lake Road to the community of Quibell, passing over the
Wabigoon River The Wabigoon River is a river in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows from Raleigh Lake past Dryden, Ontario on Wabigoon Lake to join the English River. The name "Wabigoon" comes from the Ojibwe ''waabigon'', "marigold", o ...
at Quibell Dam, then heads north over the
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onward to its terminus at Clay Lake. The road is paved from Highway 105 to Quibell, then gravel to its terminus at Clay Lake, and had an AADT traffic count in 2007 of 100 for its entire length.


Highway 618

Secondary Highway 618, commonly referred to as Highway 618, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the
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province of
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. It connects Olsen Mine and Madsen with the northern terminus of Highway 105 in the town of Red Lake. The 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.


Highway 641

Secondary Highway 641, commonly referred to as Highway 641, is a
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in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
,
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,
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. Its total length is approximately . Its northern terminus at
Ontario Highway 596 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. Highway 525 Secondary Highway 525, commonly referred to as Highway 5 ...
, and its southern terminus is at Highway 17 in
Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The his ...
, just east of the junction of Highway 17 with the western end of the Kenora Bypass (
Ontario Highway 17A King's Highway 17A, commonly referred to as Highway 17A or as the Kenora By-Pass, is an alternate route of Highway 17 around the city of Kenora, in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was built along a former Canadian Pacific Railway right- ...
). The highway passes under the Kenora Bypass and the
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, and travels through the settlement of Laclu. The highway had an AADT traffic count of 460 in 2016.


Highway 642

Secondary Highway 642, commonly referred to as Highway 642, is a
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in the
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province of Ontario. Its total length is approximately . The western terminus is at the Ed Ariano Bypass on the eastern edge of
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; Highway 72 and Highway 516 share a common terminus at this intersection. The eastern terminus is at Highway 599 in Silver Dollar. The highway crosses the Marchington River and the
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at the unincorporated place of Superior Junction.


Highway 646

Secondary Highway 646, commonly referred to as Highway 646, was a
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in the
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province of
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. 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 Pickle Lake is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the most northerly community in the province that has year-round access by road. Located north of Thunder Bay, highway access is via Highway 599, the only access road to the t ...
, where it intersects Highway 599, and links Pickle Lake with the community of Pickle Crow to the east and the
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to the west.


Highway 647

Secondary Highway 647, commonly referred to as Highway 647, is a
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in the
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province of
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. 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
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, a distance of Beyond this point, the road continues as an unposted local road to the community of
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and further to the Forest Lake Dam, providing access to cottages and resorts on the Indian Lake Chain. Highway647 was assumed by the Department of Highways, predecessor to the modern
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, on December30, 1963.


Highway 657

Secondary Highway 657, commonly referred to as Highway 657, is a provincially maintained highway in the
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province of
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, located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
. The highway extends from Highway 105 in the town of
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to the former
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fur trading outpost at Goldpines, now home to several fishing and camping lodges. The existing road to Goldpines was assumed as a provincial route by the Department of Highways, predecessor to the modern
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, on November17, 1966.


Highway 658

Secondary Highway 658, commonly referred to as Highway 658, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the
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province of
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, located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
. The highway extends between the city of
Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The his ...
and the community of
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. 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.


Highway 664

Secondary Highway 664, commonly referred to as Highway 664, is a
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in the
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province of
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. Located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
, the highway links the community of
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to Highway 72 near
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. In late July 2012, it was announced that the road would be renamed The
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Memorial Highway, after the former MPP for Kenora and Minister of Northern Affairs.


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
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had decided to demote three very lightly travelled Kings Highways in
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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.


Communities

*
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*
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Highway 665

Secondary Highway 665, commonly referred to as Highway 665, is a
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in the
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province of
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. Located in
Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...
, the
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links the community of
Richan Richan is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, between Amesdale to the west and Millidge to the east, and is ...
to Highway 17 near
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. 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.


Highway 671

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 Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (also known as Grassy Narrows First Nation or the ''Asabiinyashkosiwagong Nitam-Anishinaabeg'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Ojibwe First Nations band government who inhabit northern Kenora in Ontario, Canada ...
south to
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terminating at
Ontario Highway 17A King's Highway 17A, commonly referred to as Highway 17A or as the Kenora By-Pass, is an alternate route of Highway 17 around the city of Kenora, in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was built along a former Canadian Pacific Railway right- ...
(Kenora Bypass).


Highway 673

Secondary Highway 673, commonly referred to as Highway 673, is one of the newest secondary highways in
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, 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
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. it is also one of the shortest secondary highways in the system. The road starts at Highway 17, and provides access to the three
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s on Shoal Lake (Shoal Lake #39, Shoal Lake #40, and Kejick First Nation).


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Route of Highway 603 on Google Maps

Route of Highway 665 on Google Maps
{{Ontario Secondary Highways Roads in Kenora District