Kawartha Lakes Road 35
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Kawartha Lakes Road 35, also known as Victoria Road and Fennel Road, is a
The road was constructed in the 1850s as the Victoria
Route description
Kawartha Lakes Road 35 is a straight road, and only deviates north of the
The route begins in the hamlet of Glenarm at an intersection with
The road continues to the village of Victoria Road. North of this point, the road is on a lower maintenance priority,[5] and pavement conditions quickly deteriorate. It continues until reaching the Digby–Laxton Boundary Road. The highway descends into the Head River valley, crosses the river and begins to wind through thick coniferous forest. As it rises out of the valley, now in the Canadian Shield, the route becomes very narrow and features several blind turns before ending in Uphill at Kawartha Lakes Road 45.[1]
History
During the early-1800s, the government of
In 1847, an exploration survey was carried out by Robert Bell to lay out the lines that would become the Opeongo Road, Hastings Road and Addington Road. The Public Lands Act, passed in 1853, permitted the granting of land to settlers who were at least 18. Those settlers who cleared at least 12 acres (49,000 m2) within four years, built a house within a year and resided on the grant for at least five years would receive the title to that land. The government subsequently built over 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) of roads over the following 20 years to provide access to these grants.[8]
However, the promises of fertile land in this new northern tract of wilderness proved false. Beneath thin layers of sparsely spread soil was solid granite. Where this granite descended deeper, valleys formed and filled with
The Victoria Road is one of several such colonization roads built in the 1850s to promote settlement in what was then the frontier of Ontario. The road continued north of its current terminus in Uphill into what is now the
In 1956, the
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Kawartha Lakes Road 35.[1] The entire route is located in Kawartha Lakes.[13]
Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Road 8 (Glenarm Road) | |||||
11.5 | 7.1 | Road 48 (Portage Road) | Kawartha Lakes Road 35 is known as Victoria Road north of this junction, and as Fennel Road south of it. | ||
Victoria Road | 13.4 | 8.3 | Blanchard's Road (east) Talbot River Road (west) | ||
Road 45 (Monck Road) | Northern terminus of Kawartha Lakes Road 35; formerly Highway 503 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Google (June 17, 2015). "Google Maps - Kawartha Lakes Road 35 (length and route)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ a b Muskoka and the Kawartha's Road Map (Map). Cartography by MapArt. Peter Heiler Ltd. 1999.
- ISBN 9780802069047.
- ^ a b City of Kawartha Lakes Official Plan: Part A - Conceptual Plan Framework (PDF) (Report). City of Kawartha Lakes. September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ city of Kawartha Lakes. Kawartha Lakes winter maintenance priorities schedule (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ Shragge & Bagnato 1984, pp. 31, 40.
- ^ Shragge & Bagnato 1984, p. 17.
- ^ Shragge & Bagnato 1984, pp. 17–19.
- ^ Shragge & Bagnato 1984, p. 21.
- ^ Shragge & Bagnato 1984, pp. 17–19, 21.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1956. § M31.
- ^ "Ontario Secondary Roads Now Designated 500, 600". Vol. 112, no. 33, 119. The Globe and Mail. February 4, 1956. p. 4.
Two new Ontario road numbers appear on the province's 1956 official road map which will be ready for distribution next week. The new numbers are the 500 and 600 series and designate hundreds of miles of secondary roads which are wholly maintained by the Highways Department. More than 100 secondary roads will have their own numbers and signs this year. All of these secondary roads were taken into the province's main highways system because they form important connecting links with the King's Highways
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
- Bibliography
- Shragge, John; Bagnato, Sharon (1984). From Footpaths to Freeways. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Historical Committee. ISBN 0-7743-9388-2.