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Ontario Trans-Canada Highway Route: Highway #17 between Sudbury and Mattawa, Ontario
Here is the itinerary for the 190 km along Highway #17 between Sudbury and Mattawa:
Sudbury is the location of a major meteor strike, which has embedded a rich concentration of metals in the ground. This area (very visible on satellite and aerial photos) is now known as the Sudbury Basin. Copper was first discovered by a CPR blacksmith in 1883, and the region was first deforested for its lumber and then plucked bare by prospectors. Nickel is key for manufacturing stainless steel, and copper is essential for conducting electricity. Once nickel was discovered and extracted, the fumes from the refining process caused heavy "acid rain" in the region, killing off many of the remaining vegetation, making the region so barren that I the 1960's NASA used it as a stand-in for the moon in their astronaut training.
The "Superstack" at Copper Cliff to the west of Sudbury, is 381 metres (1250 feet) high, was completed in 1972 to disperse the pollutants into the upper atmosphere. It is Canada's second tallest structure, behind only the CN Tower. Since then, the Sudbury Region has begun a program of land reclamation & reforestation, and remediation and de-acidification of nearby lakes. Since the 1990s, the waste gases going into the Superstack were processed to remove 90 % of the sulphur dioxide, with further improvements in emissions reduction planned.
The region between Warren and Sturgeon Falls is heavily dependent on the forest industry, with softwood white spruce and blue spruce, and hardwood species like ash, aspen, birch, basswood, elm and maple. These are processed at the mill a Sturgeon Falls.
The north shore of Lake Nippissing is mainly steep bluffs, with the flat terraces remaining from the ancient shoreline of the Nippissing Great Lake of the last Ice Age, used today for the rail and highway corridor along the lake's edge. Much of the north shore is ceded as a Nippissing (Ojibewa) Indian Reservation. In 1605 Samuel de Champlain came this way, on his path to Lake Huron via the French River, before heading south to Lake Simcoe on his way back to Lake Ontario.
North Bay is the Gateway to Ontario's North. It is connected to Toronto via Highway 11 (paving completed in 1939), an extension of that city's Yonge Street, which continues to Nipigon on the north shore of Lake Superior (construction completed in 1943). North Bay was the 1934 birthplace of the Dionne Quintuplets. North Bay was also the last Canadian base with nuclear (defensive) missiles, before their removal in 1968 by then-prime minister Trudeau.
The Trans-Canada between North Bay and Mattawa follows the path of the early voyageurs along the Mattawa River. In the 1600s, fur traders and Jesuit missionaries followed this route to the Great Lakes and to get to the mouth of the Mississippi (via Lake Michigan to a short portage at today's Chicago). Recent settlement and encroachment has forced big game to seek protection n Algonquin Park to the south.
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Ontario Highways road condition reports for this segment.
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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0 | 190 | Major Interchange Highway 46 (Regent St) N into Sudbury, all services & hospital, and Highway 69 S to OPP, Parry Sound, Barrie, Toronto | Sudbury | |
3 | 187 | Lake Laurentian Conservation Area, western boundary | Sudbury | |
5 | 185 | Lake Laurentian Conservation Area, eastern boundary | Sudbury | |
10 | 180 | CP Rail overpass & intersection Highway 67 W to Sudbury via Bancroft Dr, Allan St E to Coniston (2 km) | Sudbury | |
11 | 179 | Highway 55 Intersection W to Sudbury, via Kingsway (9 km) all services | Sudbury | |
14 | 176 | Highway Junction #74, S to Coniston, smelter, services, accommodation, small airfield, Nickel Centre Information Centre | | |
15 | 175 | Highway 90 (N) N to Garson (8 km), Falconbridge, Sudbury Airport (17 km) and Wanapitei Lake (22 km) | Coniston | |
15 | 175 | Birch St access to Hwy 67 W to Coniston | Coniston | |
17 | 173 | CPR Railway underpass | Coniston | |
19 | 171 | Mountain View ST (N) Glenbower Cr (S) | | |
19 | 171 | Wanapitae River Crossing | | |
20 | 170 | Colonization Rd (N) to Lake Wanapitae, Hwy 537 (Hill St) S to town of Wanup (14 km)and Hwy 69 | Wahnapitae | |
23 | 167 | Mill Rd (N) | Wahnapitae | |
23 | 167 | Norvic Motel, S side of hwy | | |
28 | 162 | Sunset Rd | | |
31 | 159 | Kukagami Rd (N) | | |
35 | 155 | Chain Lake Rd (S). MacLean Rd (NO | | |
38 | 152 | Pioneer St W, west access to Markstay, services | Markstay | |
40 | 150 | Main St (N) to Markstay, | Markstay | |
44 | 146 | Picnic grounds on north side of highway | | |
51 | 139 | Highway 535, S to Hagar | Hagar | |
52 | 138 | Labine Rd, W to Hagar | Hagar | |
54 | 136 | River Crossing | | |
59 | 131 | Highway 539 N to Warren, Nipissing Rd (S) | Warren | |
62 | 128 | Old Highway 17 (S) heading east, Picnic grounds on north side of highway | | |
67 | 123 | Deer Lake Rd (N) | Verner | |
73 | 117 | Hwy 575 (N) and Cartier St (S) to Old Highway 17 to west | Verner | |
74 | 116 | Highway 64 S | Verner | |
76 | 114 | Avenue Gingras (S) access to Verner | Verner | |
80 | 110 | Beadry Rd (S) | | |
86 | 104 | Levac Rd (W), services and accommodation, Drive-In Rd (E) | Cache Bay | |
90 | 100 | Ottawa St, OPP, Highway 64 N, to Marten River Provincial Park, Cobalt, Kirkland Lake, Cochrane | Sturgeon Falls | |
90 | 100 | Sturgeon River crossing, Historical Plaque, S side | Sturgeon Falls | |
90 | 100 | King Street, all services to E | Sturgeon Falls | |
91 | 99 | Coursol Rd, all services to W | Sturgeon Falls | |
94 | 96 | Golf Course Rd (N) west boundary of Nipissing Indian Reserve 10 south of highway | | |
103 | 87 | Riding Stable Rd (N) | | |
104 | 86 | Crossing Little Sturgeon River | | |
107 | 83 | Beacage Park Rd (S) | | |
122 | 68 | RV dealer S side of hwy | | |
123 | 67 | Highway Junction #17B North Bay city centre west access | North Bay | |
124 | 66 | east boundary of Nipissing Indian Reserve 10 south of highway | North Bay | |
125 | 65 | Gormanville Rd intersection | North Bay | |
127 | 63 | Major intersection Highway 11B (N) shopping, all services, Algonquin Ave (S) all services | North Bay | |
128 | 62 | Obrien St | North Bay | |
128 | 62 | Frost St N (WB only) | North Bay | |
129 | 61 | Major intersection #63 Cassells St (W) and Trout Lake Rd (E) | North Bay | |
130 | 60 | Major intersection #17B Fisher St (W) | North Bay | |
130 | 60 | Railway level crossing | North Bay | |
130 | 60 | Seymour St intersection | North Bay | |
131 | 59 | Exit to #11 South to Barrie, Toronto | North Bay | |
132 | 58 | Acme Rd (S), Twin Lake N, services | | |
132 | 58 | Lake to N of hwy | | |
134 | 56 | Truck stop on N side of hwy | | |
134 | 56 | Bayview Rd, Race track and Go-cart track on N side of hwy | | |
135 | 55 | Trout Lake, view to N | | |
142 | 48 | Highway 94, gas | | |
154 | 36 | Highway Junction #531 S to Bonfield, accommodation | | |
158 | 32 | Trout Pond Rd (S), Pine Lake Rd (N) to Mattawa River PP (4 km) | | |
163 | 27 | Talon Lake Rd, Rutherglen | | |
172 | 18 | Highway Junction #630 | | |
172 | 18 | Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park | | |
179 | 11 | Boundary Rd (S) | | |
181 | 9 | Old Highway 17 (N) | | |
183 | 7 | Taggatt Lake Rd (S) | | |
185 | 5 | Old Highway 17 (N) & Nealt Rd (N) | | |
186 | 4 | Champlain Lake Rd, accommodation | | |
188 | 2 | Chenier Rd (S) | | |
188 | 2 | Louis St (N) services | Mattawa | |
190 | 0 | Park St | Mattawa | |
190 | 0 | Pine Street, Mattawa Train Station, Tourist Information Centre | Mattawa | |
190 | 0 | Junction Valois Drive (17S), Main St (Highway 533 N), and McConnal St (Hwy 17 W) | Mattawa | |
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