Ontario Highway 169

Foot's Bay
Foot's Bay
Location
Country	Simcoe
Highway system
	Ontario provincial highways; Current; Former; 400-series;

King's Highway 169, commonly referred to as Highway 169, was a

Washago and Gravenhurst. Located within Simcoe County and the District Municipality of Muskoka, the highway also provided access to the community of Bala

.

Highway 169, originally the southern leg of Highway 69, was created in 1976 when the latter was rerouted along

Atherley and Washago. It was extended to Parry Sound

the following year. In 1952 the highway was rerouted south of Washago to end in Brechin.

Highway 169 remained unchanged from 1976 to 1998, when it was decommissioned during the

highway transfers of 1998. On January 1 of that year, the route was designated as Simcoe County Road 169 from Brechin to Washago, and Muskoka District Road 169 from Gravenhurst to Foot's Bay. Through Muskoka District, the road is also known as the Frank Miller

Memorial Route.

Route description

The former route of Highway 169 has remained relatively unaltered since it was downloaded in 1998. It begins at an intersection with Highway 12 approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) north of the

Severn River.^[4]^[5]

While Highway 169 no longer exists a provincial route, Highway 11 continues to travel north today as a divided four-lane

District Road 13.^[4]^[5]

Approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Torrance, former Highway 169 passes through Bala shortly after curving north at an intersection with

Glen Orchard. Within that community, the route intersects the former western terminus of Highway 118 (which now ends at Highway 11), then gradually curves west to hug the southern shore of Lake Joseph. After a winding 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) drive west, the highway enters Foot's Bay and ends at the former route of Highway 69.^[4]^[5]

History

Highway 169 was created in the mid-1970s as part of a renumbering plan of existing highways; it originally formed the southerly leg of Highway 69. Due to the complex nature of that highway, only the history of the Brechin – Foot's Bay road is covered here.

Highway 69 was first designated on August 5, 1936. At that time, it connected Atherley and Washago along the Rama Road, now

Simcoe County Road 44.^[6]

On April 1, 1937, the

Department of Northern Development merged into the Department of Highways (DHO) (the predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation), opening roads north of the Severn River for improvement. The road between Gravenhurst and Parry Sound, and on to Pointe au Baril, subsequently became an extension of Highway 69, with the road between Washago and Gravenhurst becoming a concurrency with Highway 11. The section of road between Washago and Gravenhurst was assumed by the DHO on June 9, while the section between Gravenhurst and the Muskoka – Parry Sound boundary was assumed on August 25.^[7]

In 1952, the southern 17.8 kilometres (11.1 mi) of the route, along the east side of Lake Couchiching via what is now Simcoe County Road 44, was transferred to local municipalities and a new, longer route was designated to the east, merging with Highway 12 north of Brechin.^[8]^[9] This routing remained in place until May 15 1976, when the province redirected the southern portion of Highway 69 along the route of

Foot's Bay, in order to create a more direct route between Toronto and Sudbury. The route of Highway 69 between Foot's Bay and Brechin was consequently renumbered as Highway 169.^[2]

Highway 169 remained unmodified throughout its two decades of existence. On January 1, 1998, both sections of Highway 169 were transferred to the municipalities in which they were located; the southern section was transferred to Simcoe County, and the northern section to the District Municipality of Muskoka.[3] Both sections are still numbered 169, though they are now

county roads.^[4]

Major intersections

The following table lists intersections along Ontario Highway 169, as indicated in the 1997 MTO Highway Distance Table.[1]

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Orillia
	6.90	4.29	Dalrymple
	11.90	7.39	Sebright
	County Road 49 (Fairgrounds Road)
		24.40	15.16	County Road 44 (Rama Road)
		25.00	15.53	Quetton Street
		25.80	16.03	Toronto	Washago Bypass; beginning of Highway 11 concurrency
	County Road 52 east (Coopers Falls Road) – Coopers Falls Canal Road west
Simcoe–Muskoka boundary		28.00	17.40	Severn River bridge
District Road 13 west (Southwood Drive)
	District Road 19 west (Sedore Road / Beiers Road)	Northbound exit located 1.40 km (0.87 mi) north of southbound exit
		43.90	27.28	Highway 11 north – Huntsville, North Bay	End of Highway 11 concurrency
		44.20	27.46	District Road 18 north (Muskoka Road South)
	Muskoka Lakes	61.70	38.34	District Road 30 (Walker's Point Road)
		67.40	41.88	District Road 13 (Southwood Road)
		71.90	44.68	District Road 38
		78.60	48.84	District Road 29 north (Acton Road)
		79.30	49.27	District Road 26 north (Mortimer's Point Road)
		81.90	50.89	Glen Orchard
		91.40	56.79	Foot's Bay
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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ISSN 0825-5350. Archived
(PDF) from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Ontario Legislative Assembly.

^ ^a ^b Public and Safety Information Branch (April 14, 1976). "Toronto–Sudbury Highways to be Renumbered" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
^ ^a ^b Highway Transfers List "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. pp. 10, 14.
^
ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7
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^ ^a ^b ^c Google (June 7, 2021). "Highway 169 – Length and Route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Appendix No. 4 – Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Fiscal Year". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. February 23, 1938. p. 51. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Interenet Archive.
^ "Appendix No. 3 – Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Fiscal Year". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. April 20, 1939. p. 80. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Interenet Archive.
^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1952. § Q34. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.
^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1953. § Q34. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.

[km-1] 
ISSN 0825-5350. Archived
(PDF) from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Ontario Legislative Assembly.

[established-2] Public and Safety Information Branch (April 14, 1976). "Toronto–Sudbury Highways to be Renumbered" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

[decommissioned-3] Highway Transfers List "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. pp. 10, 14.

[2010_mapart-4] 
ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7
.

[gmaps-5] Google (June 7, 2021). "Highway 169 – Length and Route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[1936_report-6] "Appendix No. 4 – Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Fiscal Year". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. February 23, 1938. p. 51. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Interenet Archive.

[1937_report-7] "Appendix No. 3 – Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Fiscal Year". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. April 20, 1939. p. 80. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Interenet Archive.

[1952_map-8] Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1952. § Q34. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.

[1953_map-9] Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1953. § Q34. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.

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