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The Rosseau-Nipissing Road, also called the Nipissing Road, encouraged settlement in what is now Parry Sound. The project was authorized in 1864, with surveying done from 1864 to 1865. Construction began in 1866, and the road was open by 1873.
The portion of the highway between Highway 524 and Highway 654 is part of the Lake Nipissing Circle Tour. The entire route is located within Parry Sound District . In 2007, the busiest section was between Highway 11 and Highway 654, which had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) count of 830, while the least busiest section was between ...
Highway 654 begins immediately south of the community of Nipissing at a junction with Highway 534. This intersection, just north of the Wolfe Creek crossing on Highway 534, features a stop sign for traffic on Highway 654. [3] The highway travels north from there through Nipissing, crossing the South River and passing the Nipissing Township ...
Nipissing is an incorporated (political) township in Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] [4] It is on Lake Nipissing and is part of the Almaguin Highlands region. Nipissing was surveyed between 1874 and 1881, and was incorporated in 1888. Among the first settlers in the area were the Chapman and Beatty families.
Hwy 539A near River Valley. Although Highway 539 was designated in 1956, and the road that is now Highway 539A existed, the route was not designated at that time. [4] [5] The route first appears on the 1958 Official Road Map of Ontario as a short spur of Highway 539 into River Valley. [2] [6] In 1962, Highway 805 was designated within Sudbury ...
The highway is 22.9 kilometres (14.2 mi) in length, connecting Highway 534 south of Nipissing with Highway 11 in Callander. The route was designated through North Himsworth on August 26, 1964, and through Nipissing on August 28, [9] and has remained unchanged since then, aside from a short extension to the Highway 11 Callander Bypass. It is ...
Nipissing Great Lakes was a prehistoric proglacial lake. Parts of the former lake are now Lake Superior , Lake Huron , Georgian Bay and Lake Michigan . It formed about 7,500 years before present (YBP).
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 in Lake Dore, north of Eganville and was 218.2 km (135.6 mi) long.