Ontario Highway 11 facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
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| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
| Length | 1,784.9 km (1,109.1 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1920–present | |||
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| South end |  Highway 400 – Barrie |
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 Highway 12 – Orillia Highway 60 – Huntsville Highway 17 – North Bay Highway 63 – North Bay Highway 64 – Marten River Highway 65 – New Liskeard Highway 66 – Kenogami Lake Highway 101 – Matheson  Highway 17 / Highway 61 – Thunder Bay Highway 71 – Fort Frances |
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| West end |  MN 72 – Baudette, MN |
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| Major cities: | Barrie, Orillia, North Bay, Temiskaming Shores, Thunder Bay | |||
| Towns: | Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Burk's Falls, South River, Powassan, Temagami, Englehart, Matheson, Cochrane, Kapuskasing, Hearst, Longlac, Geraldton, Nipigon, Fort Frances, Rainy River | |||
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→Ontario Highway 11 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. It is 1,780 kilometres (1,110 mi) long, which makes it Ontario's second longest highway. It starts at Highway 400 in Barrie in Central Ontario. It runs westward around the north of the Great Lakes and ends at Rainy River, Ontario near the border with Minnesota.
Images for kids
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John Graves Simcoe supervising the Queen's York Rangers cutting trees during the construction of Yonge Street, 1795
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Highway 11 facing northeast from the junction with the Penetanguishene Road at Crown Hill in 1931, shortly after being paved with concrete
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1927 postcard of the Ferguson Highway
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The southern entrance to Bracebridge in 1930. This arch bridge, completed that year, was along the Ferguson Highway at the time. Today, this bridge is located on Muskoka District Road 16 (Eccleston Drive), and is over a kilometre from the modern Highway 11.
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Construction camps such as this were built along the 247-kilometre (153 mi) gap between Geraldton and Hearst. Several housed prisoners who were put to work on clearing the route of the highway.
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As a result of provincial downloading of highways to municipalities in 1996 and 1997, Highway 11 now begins at the "Crown Hill" interchange with Highway 400 north of Barrie. Previously it extended south to Lake Ontario in Toronto, mostly as Yonge Street
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Highway 11 facing south from Highway 12 in Orillia
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Highway 11 facing north towards Bracebridge
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Former Highway 11B entering Cobalt
