King's Highway 95, commonly referred to as Highway 95, was a provincially maintained highway in the

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province of

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on Wolfe Island. Together with Highway 96, the routes were the only King's Highways not connected to the rest of the network by a fixed link. At its southern end, the route connected to

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via the private and seasonal ''

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''. At its northern end, it connected with Highway96 in Marysville a short distance west of the ''

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'' ferry to Kingston. Today it is under the jurisdiction of Frontenac Islands Township, as

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does not have a county road system.

Route description

Highway95 was an , two-lane highway that travelled in a generally north–south direction across Wolfe Island. At its southern end at Point Alexandria, the route connected with New York State Route12E at Cape Vincent via the private summer-operated Horne's Ferry. The route travelled west from there, sandwiched between Button Bay to the north and the

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to the south. At Stevenson Lane, the route made a broad curve to the north. From there it crossed the island to Marysville, where it encountered Highway96 and the summer ferry dock for the Wolfe Islander III. Unlike the private ferry service at the southern tip of the island, the ''MV Wolfe Islander III'' is operated by the

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and can be used free of charge. Beside the ferry services, there is no other link between Wolfe Island and the mainland, making the two routes on the island the only King's Highways that were not connected to the rest of the network by a fixed link.

History

Highway95 was established on July25, 1934, when the Department of Highways, predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation, assumed the road connecting Point Alexandria to Marysville and the Wolfe Island Ferry. At that time, it was the only highway on the island; Highway96 was established the following year. The entire route was decommissioned on January, 1998. It was subsequently transferred to

, which does not maintain a county road system. The county transferred the route to the municipality of Frontenac Islands, which designated it as Road95.

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1934 establishments in Ontario 1998 disestablishments in Ontario

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