King's Highway 51, commonly referred to as Highway 51, was a
provincially maintained highway in the
Canadian
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province of
Ontario
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that connected
Highway 3 in
Eatonville with
Rondeau Provincial Park
Rondeau Provincial Park is the second oldest provincial park in Ontario, Canada, having been established with an order in council on 8 September 1894. The park is located in Southwestern Ontario, on an 8 km long crescentic sand spit exten ...
. An earlier
designation existed south of
Orangeville, connecting
Highway 24 with
Highway 10 in
Caledon Village. This iteration was assumed in 1938, but later renumbered as Highway24 In 1961. The more recent incarnation of the route number was assumed in 1970, but then decommissioned in 1997 and transferred to what is now the city of
Chatham-Kent.
Route description
Highway 51 was a short connector road that served to link Highway 3 to Rondeau Provincial Park. At its southern terminus, the highway began at the entrance gates to the provincial park, proceeding northeast through a small community of recreational
cottages. The highway exited the park and turned north onto what is now Chatham–Kent Road 15. From here the highway progressed straight north to Highway 3, passing through the community of
New Scotland along the way.
Trees continue to line both sides of this section of the highway, with farmland sprawling out beyond that.
History
In 1961, the section of Highway24 between Highway51 and Orangeville was renumbered as
Highway 136; Highway51 was renumbered as Highway24 and the latter signed
concurrently with Highway10 north to Orangeville.
On April9, 1970, the road from Eatonville to Rondeau Provincial Park was designated as Highway51.
This iteration of the route remained unaltered until April1, 1997, when it was transferred to
Kent County, now the City of Chatham–Kent.
It was subsequently designated as Chatham–Kent Road15.
Major intersections
References
{{Roads in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
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