King's Highway 65, commonly referred to as Highway 65, is a provincially maintained highway in the

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province of

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. The route begins at Highway 66 and travels southeast to the

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border. At its midpoint, the route is

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with Highway 11. Highway 65 was assumed in 1937 following the merger of the

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(DND) with the Department of Highways (DHO). It initially connected

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with Highway 11 at

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, but was extended east to the Quebec border in 1956. The route has remained unchanged since.

Route description

Highway 65 travels from Highway 66 at a junction east of Matachewan, southeast to New Liskeard then northeast to the Quebec provincial border. The total length of Highway 65 is . With the exception of the community of Elk Lake, the section of the route between Highway 66 and Highway 11 passes through a remote and sparsely populated wilderness. The route becomes concurrent with Highway 11 and follows that route north for , bypassing the urban section of New Liskeard in the process. Highway 65 is entirely situated in

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. It travels through the communities of Elk Lake, Kenabeek and

. The route's continuation into Quebec does not have a provincial route number, but has developed the name 'Rue Ontario' by the local town of Notre-Dame-du-Nord. Rue Ontario ends at Route 101 in

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, east of the provincial border. Like other provincial routes in Ontario, Highway 65 is maintained by the

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. In 2010, traffic surveys conducted by the ministry showed that on

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, 4,200 vehicles used the highway daily along the section between Highway 11 and Armstrong Street in New Liskeard while 190 vehicles did so each day along the section between Highway 66 and the bridge over Sydney Creek, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.

History

Highway 65 was first established on August7, 1937, when the New Liskeard to Matachewan Road was assumed by the DHO in the days following its merger with the DND on April1. The route, which initially ended in the east at Highway 11 (the

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), was extended east to the Ontario–Quebec border on February 22, 1956. It has remained unchanged since.

Major intersections

References

External links

Google Maps: Highway 65 route, Highway 66 (Matachewan) to New Liskeard segment Google Maps: Highway 65 route, New Liskeard to Quebec border segment
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