Tertiary Highway 805, commonly referred to as Highway 805, is a provincially maintained access road, located within the

Nipissing District Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay. In 2016, the population was 83,150. The land area is ; the population density was , making it o ...

. A northerly extension of Highway 539A, the road extends for approximately to Obabika Lake, providing road access to the Chiniguchi Waterway,

Obabika River The Obabika River is located in central Ontario, Canada. It is south of Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park and west of Lake Temagami, within Sudbury District. It flows from Obabika Lake in a south-westerly direction and drains into the Stur ...

and Sturgeon River provincial parks.

Route description

Highway805 is a route located northwest of North Bay which serves as a resource access road. There are no established communities along the highway, but access to Sturgeon River Provincial Park and Obabika Lake Provincial Park is provided from trails that branch off of the route. The route begins at a junction with the northern terminus of Highway539A next to the Sturgeon River, and travels north from that point. Owing to the rugged terrain of the Canadian Shield, the winding highway crosses between

Sudbury District The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District and west Nipissing District. The overwhelming majority of the district (about 92%) ...

and

several times, but generally serves as the boundary between the two. On an average day, only 100vehicles travel along the route. Highway805, like most other tertiary highways, is not maintained during the winter months.

History

Highway 805 was designated in 1962, as a northward extension of Highway 539A, which was designated that same year, into

. It was initially a completely unpaved road, and remains that way today.

Major intersections

References

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Roads in Nipissing District Roads in Sudbury District