Ontario Highway 6

Highway 6 marker
Highway 6
Garafraxa Road
Map
A map of Highway 6
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length472.4 km[1] (293.5 mi)
ExistedJune 1920[2]–present
Major junctions
South endSt. Patrick Street in Port Dover
Major intersections Highway 3Jarvis
 Highway 403Ancaster
 Highway 401Morriston
 Highway 7Guelph
 Highway 89Mount Forest
 Highway 10Chatsworth
 Highway 21 / Highway 26Owen Sound
North end  Highway 17 / TCHMcKerrow
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Major citiesHamilton, Guelph, Owen Sound
TownsPort Dover, Jarvis, Hagersville, Caledonia, Ancaster, Aberfoyle, Fergus, Arthur, Mount Forest, Durham, Chatsworth, Shallow Lake, Wiarton, Tobermory, Little Current, Espanola
Highway system
Highway 5 Highway 7

King's Highway 6, commonly referred to as Highway 6, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It crosses a distance of 480 km (300 mi) between Port Dover, on the northern shore of Lake Erie, and Espanola, on the northern shore of Lake Huron, before ending at the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 17) in McKerrow.[3]

Highway 6 was one of several routes established when Ontario first introduced a highway network on February 26, 1920, following several pioneer wagon trails. The original designation, not numbered until 1925, connected Port Dover with Owen Sound via Hamilton and Guelph. When the Department of Highways (DHO) took over the Department of Northern Development (DND) in 1937, Highway 6 was extended north through the Bruce Peninsula to Tobermory. In 1980, the entire length of Highway 68 on Manitoulin Island and north to Highway 17 became a northern extension of Highway 6. Small modifications were made to the route of Highway 6 in 1997, but it was largely untouched by provincial downloading.

Highway 6 is one of two highways in Ontario (the other being Highway 33) broken into two segments by a ferry. The Chi-Cheemaun ferry serves automobile traffic, connecting Tobermory with South Baymouth between May and October.

  1. ^ Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2010). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference established was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Road Atlas: Canada, United States, and Mexico (Map) (2008 ed.). Peter Heiler Ltd. pp. 17, 19. §§ B6–G7, G8–K8, L9, M10–R11.

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