 Highway 60 | |||||||
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| Frank A. McDougall Parkway | |||||||
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| Maintained by theMinistry of Transportation of Ontario | |||||||
| Length | 255.8 km[1] (158.9 mi) | ||||||
| Existed | September 22, 1937[2]–present | ||||||
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| West end |  Highway 11 –Huntsville | ||||||
| Major intersections |  Highway 127 –Whitney Highway 41 –Eganville | ||||||
| East end |  Highway 17 –Renfrew | ||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||
| Province | Ontario | ||||||
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King's Highway 60, commonly referred to asHighway 60, is aprovincially maintained highway in the Canadian province ofOntario. The 255.8-kilometre (158.9 mi) highway serves as the primary corridor throughAlgonquin Provincial Park, where it is dedicated as theFrank McDougall Parkway. East of Algonquin Park, the route serves east–west traffic in the highlands ofcentral Ontario. It begins atHighway 11 inHuntsville and ends atHighway 17 nearRenfrew.
Highway 60 was designated in 1937 between Huntsville andLake Dore, near where it metHighway 41. During the 1940s, the route shared a common termini with Highway 41 atGolden Lake. When Highway 41 was extended north toPembroke in 1957, Highway 60 was routed along it between Golden Lake andEganville. It was extended east to Highway 17 in downtown Renfrew circa 1961. It was extended further east when Highway 17 was rerouted around Renfrew in 1977, establishing the current route.
Highway 60 begins at aninterchange withHighway 11 inHuntsville. It crosses through central Ontario in a generally east–west orientation. The triangle-shaped area bounded by Highways 11,17 and 60 is largely uninhabited wilderness dotted with lakes andmuskeg.[3]
East of Huntsville, Highway 60 meanders east then south through the northeastern corner ofMuskoka District, meeting Highway 35 atDwight. It travels northeast from there, briefly passing throughHaliburton County before crossing intoNipissing District and entering Algonquin Park.[3]AnOntario Parks visitor's permit is not required to drive through Algonquin Park. However, one is required for the use of any trails,campgrounds, the Visitor Centre, or similar facilities within the park boundary. Moose and deer are very common through Algonquin, especially at night and in the morning, and present a major driving hazard.[4]The 56-kilometre (35 mi) journey through Algonquin Park offers some of the most famous scenery in Canada, including vistas of numerous lakes and geological formations that have been captured in the arts ofGroup of Seven painterTom Thomson among others. The park is considered the most important place in Canada for biological and environmental research.[5][6]
Highway 60 exits the park in theTownship of South Algonquin travelling south intoWhitney, curving east and intersectingHighway 127. Beyond Highway 127, it passes through theMadawaska Highlands, following the historicOpeongo Line. It passes throughMadawaska, encounteringSecondary Highway 523, then curves southeast intoRenfrew County. The route entersBarry's Bay, where it turns east and meets the southern leg of formerHighway 62, where aconcurrency with it began prior to 1998. After passing throughWilno, the route curves northeast aroundKillaloe, intersecting the northern leg of former Highway 62 andHighway 512.[3]
Continuing aroundGolden Lake and throughthe village of the same name, Highway 60 travels southeast into theOttawa Valley towards Eganville, where it has a 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) concurrency with Highway 41. For the remainder of the route, the highway travels near theBonnechere River. It continues east then south toDouglas, where drivers must turn northeast to continue along the highway. Highway 60 slowly curves southeast before entering the town of Renfrew, where it is known as Stewart Street, Bridge Street, Raglan Street South, Veterans Memorial Boulevard and O'Brien Road. It encounters the eastern terminus ofHighway 132 before curving east to end at Highway 17 on the outskirts of the town.[3]
Highway 60 was established in 1937, when the Department of Northern Development was amalgamated by the Department of Highways (DHO). The section of the route through Nipissing District (through Algonquin Park) was assumed by the DHO on September 22, followed by the section through Renfrew County on September 29, and finally the section through Muskoka District on October 6.[2] At that time, the highway ended inLake Dore, north of Eganville and was 218.2 km (135.6 mi) long. Highway 41 travelled along the portion of what is now Highway 60 between Eganville and Golden Lake.[7]The route was shortened by 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) to create a shared terminus with Highway 41 between 1942 and 1949.[8][9]
On April 11, 1957, the Eganville–Pembroke Road was assumed as an extension of Highway 41, with the former portion of the route between Eganville and Golden Lake being renumbered as part of Highway 60.[10]Highway 60 was extended to Highway 17 nearRosebank, north of Renfrew, circa 1961.[11][12]With the construction of the Renfrew Bypass, which began in June 1974,[13]and was completed in 1977,[14]the section of Highway 17 between O'Brien Road east of Renfrew and Haley Road north ofHaley Station was renumbered as an extension of Highway 60, establishing the current route of the highway.[15]
In 1976, the section through Algonquin Park was dedicated in honour of the 35 years of service byFrank Archibald MacDougall: ten years as park superintendent and 25 asDeputy Minister of Lands and Forests. It is signed as theFrank MacDougall Parkway.[16]
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 60, as noted by theMinistry of Transportation of Ontario.[1]
| Division | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Muskoka | Huntsville | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 11 –Toronto,North Bay | Highway 11 exit 223 | |||
| 2.5 | 1.6 |  District Road 3 (Main Street) | ||||||
| 6.7 | 4.2 |  District Road 23 (Canal Road) | ||||||
| Lake of Bays | 12.7 | 7.9 |  District Road 8 east (Limberlost Road) | |||||
| 18.4 | 11.4 |  District Road 9 south (South Portage Road) | ||||||
| 23.6 | 14.7 |  Highway 35 –Dorset,Minden | Dwight | |||||
| Haliburton | No major junctions | |||||||
| Nipissing | Algonquin Provincial Park | 43.6 | 27.1 | Algonquin Park West Gate[17] | ||||
| 58.4 | 36.3 | Smoke Lake Road | ||||||
| 91.7 | 57.0 | Opeongo Lake Road | ||||||
| 99.4 | 61.8 | Algonquin Park East Gate[18] | ||||||
| South Algonquin | 109.6 | 68.1 | Highway 127 south –Maynooth | Whitney | ||||
| 128.5 | 79.8 |  Highway 523 south | Madawaska | |||||
| Renfrew | Madawaska Valley | 156.3 | 97.1 | Beginning ofBarry's BayConnecting Link Agreement | ||||
| 156.8 | 97.4 |  County Road 62 –Maynooth | FormerlyHighway 62 south; former western end of Highway 62concurrency | |||||
| 157.6 | 97.9 | Old Barry's Bay Road | End of Barry's Bay Connecting Link Agreement | |||||
| Madawaska Valley–Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards boundary | 166.9 | 103.7 |  County Road 66 south (Wilno Road South) | Wilno | ||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 173.0 | 107.5 |  County Road 67 north (Simpson Pit Road) | |||||
| 180.9 | 112.4 |  County Road 58 north (Round Lake Road) –Pembroke,Round Lake County Road 512 south (Queen Street) –Killaloe,Brudenell | Killaloe; formerlyHighway 62 north /Highway 512 south; former eastern end of Highway 62 concurrency | |||||
| North Algona Wilberforce | 199.6 | 124.0 |  County Road 30 east (Lake Dore Road) –Germanicus County Road 70 west (Kokomis Inamo) | Golden Lake | ||||
| 209.7 | 130.3 | Highway 41 north –Pembroke | Western end of Highway 41 concurrency | |||||
| Bonnechere Valley | 212.8 | 132.2 | Beginning ofEganville Connecting Link Agreement | |||||
| 213.6 | 132.7 | Highway 41 south (Bridge Street) –Denbigh,Kaladar | Eastern end of Highway 41 concurrency | |||||
| 214.9 | 133.5 | End of Eganville Connecting Link Agreement | ||||||
| North Algona Wilberforce–Admaston/Bromley boundary | 222.2 | 138.1 | County Road 8 east (Cobden Road) –Cobden County Road 9 north (Bulger Road) –Lake Dore | Kellys Corner | ||||
| Admaston/Bromley | 229.7 | 142.7 |  County Road 5 south (Stone Road) | Douglas | ||||
| 242.6 | 150.7 |  County Road 61 south (Haley Road) | Rosebank; formerHighway 17 alignment | |||||
| Renfrew | 250.0 | 155.3 | Beginning of Renfrew Connecting Link Agreement | |||||
| 250.8 | 155.8 |  County Road 20 east (Bruce Street) | ||||||
| 251.8 | 156.5 |  Highway 132 west (Munroe Avenue) | ||||||
| 252.6 | 157.0 |  County Road 52 south (Raglan Street) | ||||||
| 254.2 | 158.0 |  County Road 6 east (Gillan Road) | ||||||
| 255.1 | 158.5 | End of Renfrew Connecting Link Agreement | ||||||
| Horton | 255.8 | 158.9 |  Highway 17 /TCH –Ottawa,Pembroke | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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