Highway 2 was the original road joining together the main settlements of Upper Canada (so named because it was higher up the St Lawrence than Lower Canada, Quebec) along the shores of Lake Ontario, based on earlier trails and footpaths. It began as the primary wagon and stage coach route, before the arrival of the Grand Trunk Railway. The Kingston Road (now just "Kingston Road") was built by engineer Asa Danforth to connect Toronto (then called "York") with Kingston, Ontario. Until Highway 401 was constructed, Kingston Road / Highway 2 was the principal route from Toronto to points east, and is the location of clusters of inns and motels along he way. The road continued west of Toronto as Highway 3 to Windsor.
The Trent-Severn canal is 385 kilometres (240 miles) and connects Lake Ontario at Trenton with Georgian Bay / Lake Huron at Port Severn. The first European to visit the area was Samuel de Champlain, who arrived in 1615, roughly following the canal's path from Lake Huron back to his base at Montreal. From Lake Ontario the canal climbs 181 m through 36 locks to its highest point on Balsam Lake at Kirkfield, before dropping 79m through another 10 locks to Lake Huron, for a net climb of 100 metres. The waterway and connecting lakes have over 1609 km of shoreline and contain 160 islands, and is traversed by 18,000 pleasure boats each summer season. The Trent Severn Canal begins on Lake Ontario at Trenton via the 1880 Murray Canal which effectively made the scenic Prince Edward County an island. Just 6 km north of Trenton is a boulder the size of a house at Glen Miller, which was left behind by the retreating glaciers. Along the lower Trent you can observe the Peterborough Drumlin Field, where 3,000 teardrop shaped glacial hills are spread over 7770 square kilometres (3000 square miles).
The County of Prince Edward, sometimes referred to as "Quinte's Isle", is surrounded by water in the north-east corner of Lake Ontario. Formerly a peninsula, the construction of the Murray Canal in 1889 created an island covering 323 square kilometers with some 844 kilometres of shoreline. During the last Ice Age, the glacier's streams of melt-water deposited millions of cubic yards of white sand in a high ridge strip running nearly 10 miles south-westward from Picton, at what is now called "The Sandbanks". The miles of white sand beaches make it popular with campers, picnickers, hikers, swimmers and wind surfers.
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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0 | 248 | 400& 401 Interchange (401 Exit 359) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
1 | 247 | Jane St underpass (no access) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
2 | 246 | EB Exhange lanes: between thru & local lanes | Toronto | Map Zoom |
2 | 246 | WB Exhange lanes: between thru & local lanes | Toronto | Map Zoom |
3 | 245 | Exit 362 Keele St underpass | Toronto | Map Zoom |
3 | 245 | Railway underpass | Toronto | Map Zoom |
4 | 244 | Dufferin St underpass Exit 364 to Yorkdale Shopping Centre | Toronto | Map Zoom |
6 | 242 | Exit 365 Allen Expressway interchange | Toronto | Map Zoom |
7 | 241 | WB exit 366 Bathurst St underpass, gas | Toronto | Map Zoom |
7 | 241 | Wilson Ave underpass (no access) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
8 | 240 | Exit 367 Avenue Rd interdchange | Toronto | Map Zoom |
9 | 239 | Exhange lanes: from local to thru lanes | Toronto | Map Zoom |
10 | 238 | pass over Don Valley Golf Course (both sides) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
10 | 238 | Exit 369 to Highway 11 Yonge St | Toronto | Map Zoom |
11 | 237 | Exit 371 Bayview Ave | Toronto | Map Zoom |
12 | 236 | Exhange lanes:EB thru to local, WB local to thru | Toronto | Map Zoom |
14 | 234 | railway underpass | Toronto | Map Zoom |
14 | 234 | Exit 373 Leslie St underpass | Toronto | Map Zoom |
14 | 234 | Moatfield Farm Park to S | Toronto | Map Zoom |
15 | 233 | Havenbrook park to N | Toronto | Map Zoom |
16 | 232 | Don Mills Rd underpass (no access) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
16 | 232 | EB Exit 375 to Don Valley Parkway (Hwy 404) from both local and thru lanes | Toronto | Map Zoom |
16 | 232 | WB Exhange lanes: between thru & local, local & thru | Toronto | Map Zoom |
16 | 232 | WB Exit 375 to Don Valley Parkway (Hwy 404) from both local and thru lanes | Toronto | Map Zoom |
17 | 231 | Exit 376 Victoria Park half cloverleaf | Toronto | Map Zoom |
17 | 231 | Wishing Well Park to N | Toronto | Map Zoom |
18 | 230 | Exit 378 Warden Park half-cloverleaf | Toronto | Map Zoom |
19 | 229 | Exhange lanes: WB local to thru, EB thru to local | Toronto | Map Zoom |
20 | 228 | Birchmont Rd underpass (no acess) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
20 | 228 | Railway underpass | Toronto | Map Zoom |
20 | 228 | Glamorgan Park to S | Toronto | Map Zoom |
20 | 228 | Exit 379 Kennedy Rd half-cloverleaf | Toronto | Map Zoom |
21 | 228 | Railway underpass | | Map Zoom |
21 | 227 | Midland Ave underpass (no access) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
21 | 227 | Exhchange Lanes: WB local to thru | Toronto | Map Zoom |
21 | 227 | Exchange lanes: EB thru to local | Toronto | Map Zoom |
21 | 227 | EB only Brimley Rd & Scarborough Town Centre Mall Exit #380 | Toronto | Map Zoom |
22 | 226 | McDairmid Woods Park to N | Toronto | Map Zoom |
22 | 226 | Snowhill Park to N | | Map Zoom |
23 | 225 | McGowan Rd & Scarborough Town Centre Mall Exit #381 | Toronto | Map Zoom |
23 | 225 | Exchange lanes: EB thru to local | Toronto | Map Zoom |
23 | 225 | Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru | Toronto | Map Zoom |
24 | 224 | Exit 383 Markham Rd half-cloverleaf | Toronto | Map Zoom |
24 | 224 | Progress Ave underpass | | Map Zoom |
25 | 223 | Centennial College-Progress Campus | | Map Zoom |
25 | 223 | Morningside Park S side | Toronto | Map Zoom |
26 | 222 | Exchange lanes: EB thru to local | Toronto | Map Zoom |
26 | 222 | Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru | Toronto | Map Zoom |
26 | 222 | Exit 385 Neilson Rdquarter cloverleaf | Toronto | Map Zoom |
28 | 220 | Exit 387 MorningsideAve half cloverleaf | Toronto | Map Zoom |
28 | 220 | Exchange lanes: EB local to thru ESTM. | Toronto | Map Zoom |
28 | 220 | Exchange lanes: WB: thru to local ESTM. | Toronto | Map Zoom |
28 | 220 | Conlins Rd underpass (no acess) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
30 | 218 | Exchange lanes: EB thru to local ESTM. | Toronto | Map Zoom |
30 | 218 | Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru ESTM. | Toronto | Map Zoom |
31 | 217 | Exit 389 Meadowvale Rd half cloverleaf | Toronto | Map Zoom |
31 | 217 | Rouge Community Park | | Map Zoom |
31 | 217 | EB Kingston Rd (Hwy 2) and 2A west and access to Port Union Rd Exit (Gas Station on Kingston Rd) ESTM. | Toronto | Map Zoom |
32 | 217 | WB Exit (from thru & local) for Port Union Rd, Highway 2 & 2A and Kingston Rd | Toronto | Map Zoom |
32 | 216 | Exchange lanes: EB local to thru | Toronto | Map Zoom |
32 | 216 | Port Union Rd underpass | | Map Zoom |
32 | 216 | Exchange lanes: WB: thru to local ESTM. | Toronto | Map Zoom |
33 | 215 | Rouge Hill Park, Rouge River Bridge (both sides) | Toronto | Map Zoom |
33 | 215 | Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru | Pickering | Map Zoom |
34 | 214 | Rougemount Dr underpass | | Map Zoom |
35 | 213 | Exit 394 Whites Rd (Highway 38) half cloverleaf | Pickering | Map Zoom |
35 | 213 | Whites Rd (Highway 38) half cloverleaf | Pickering | Map Zoom |
36 | 212 | WB thru to Local | Pickering | Map Zoom |
36 | 212 | WB thru to Local | Pickering | Map Zoom |
37 | 211 | View of Frenchman's Bay to S of hwy | Pickering | Map Zoom |
37 | 211 | Rail Road overpass | Pickering | Map Zoom |
38 | 210 | WB Exit 397 Liverpool Rd overpass, S to Pickering GO Station, N to Pickering Town Centre, shopping | Pickering | Map Zoom |
38 | 210 | Pickering Town Center to the N | Pickering | Map Zoom |
39 | 209 | EB Thru to local | Ajax | Map Zoom |
40 | 208 | Village East Park to the E | Ajax | Map Zoom |
40 | 208 | Exit 399 Brock Rd underpass, N to Metro East Tade Centre | Ajax | Map Zoom |
41 | 207 | Local Thru EB | Ajax | Map Zoom |
41 | 207 | Thru to local WB | Ajax | Map Zoom |
42 | 206 | Highway 24 Church St underpass (no access) | Ajax | Map Zoom |
42 | 206 | Crossing Duffins Creek, Annadale Golf and Country Club | Ajax | Map Zoom |
43 | 205 | Exit 401 Westney Rd, S to Ajax GO Station, golf, recreation | Ajax | Map Zoom |
43 | 205 | Exit 403 Harwood Ave, overpass, N to Durham Centre shopping, Ajax 10 movie theatre, Picov Downs racetrack, S to Asjaz-Pickering Genral Hospital, Station Plaza, Harwood Place shopping | Ajax | Map Zoom |
44 | 204 | Thru to Local EB | Ajax | Map Zoom |
44 | 204 | Thru to Local WB | Ajax | Map Zoom |
44 | 204 | EB Exit 405 Salem Rd underpass | Ajax | Map Zoom |
45 | 203 | Thru to local WB | Ajax | Map Zoom |
45 | 203 | Local Thru EB | Ajax | Map Zoom |
47 | 201 | Lake Ridge Rd overpass | Ajax | Map Zoom |
49 | 200 | View south to Lynde Shore Conservation Area | Whitby | Map Zoom |
50 | 198 | Iroquois Park to the S | Whitby | Map Zoom |
51 | 197 | Henry St underpass | Whitby | Map Zoom |
51 | 197 | Local to Thru EB | Whitby | Map Zoom |
51 | 197 | Exit 410 Highway 12 (Brock St) underpass, S to Whitby GO Station, OPP, Port Whitby Harbour, Whitby General Hospital, N to accommodation & shopping, Port Perry (29 km) | Whitby | Map Zoom |
51 | 197 | Thru to local interchange WB | Whitby | Map Zoom |
52 | 196 | local to Thru WB interchange | Whitby | Map Zoom |
53 | 195 | Exit 412 to Victoria St, N to Durham College, Champlain Centre cinemas | Whitby | Map Zoom |
54 | 194 | Thickson Rd underpass | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
55 | 193 | Thru to local interchange EB | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
55 | 193 | Thru to loca interchange WB | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
56 | 192 | Rail Road overpass | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
56 | 192 | Exit to Bloor St | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
56 | 192 | Stevenson Rd overpass, S to Oshawa GO Station, VIA Station, accommodation | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
57 | 191 | Exit 416 Park Rd underpass, | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
57 | 191 | Cubert St underpass (no access) | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
57 | 191 | Storie Part to the N | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
57 | 191 | Thru to local EB | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
58 | 190 | local to Thru WB | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
58 | 190 | Crossing Oshawa Creek and parklands | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
58 | 190 | Exit 417 Simcoe St overpass | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
58 | 190 | Albert St overpass (no access) | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
58 | 190 | Former railway overpass | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
58 | 190 | Exit 418 S to Bloor St E, N to Drew St, shopping, accommodation | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
59 | 189 | Local to Thru from Drew St WB | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
59 | 189 | Local to Thru EB | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
59 | 189 | Ritson Rd underpass (no access) | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
59 | 189 | Chopin Park to the N | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
59 | 189 | Wilson Rd underpass (no access) | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
60 | 188 | Kingside Park to the N | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
60 | 188 | EB Exit 419 to Bloor St, S to Oshawa Harbour, Second Marsh Wildlife Area, McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
60 | 188 | Bloor St overpass | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
60 | 188 | WB Exit 419 Harmony Rd, access to Bloor Street, E to golf & accomodation | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
61 | 187 | Local to Thru WB | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
61 | 187 | Harmony Creek Golf Center to N | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
65 | 183 | Exit 425 to Courtice Rd | Oshawa | Map Zoom |
66 | 182 | overpass Courtice Rd, S to Darlington Provincial Park | | Map Zoom |
68 | 180 | EB Exit 428 to Holt Rd, S to Darlington Generating Station | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
69 | 179 | Holt Rd underpass (no access) | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
72 | 176 | Exit 431 to Waverly Rd (Fifth Wheel Truck Stop on Service Rd) | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
72 | 176 | Waverly Rd overpass (no access) | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
72 | 176 | Exit 431 to Waverly Rd, N to gas | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
73 | 175 | EB Exit 432 to Duke St, S to Bowmanvill Harbour Conservation Area, N to services & accommodation | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
73 | 175 | WB Exit 432 to Duke St W | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
74 | 174 | Liberty St underpass (no access) | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
76 | 172 | Exit 435 to Bennett Rd, half-cloverleaf interchange | Bowmanville | Map Zoom |
77 | 171 | Exit 436 major interchange to Highway 35 / 115 N to Orono (9 km), Lindsay (52 km), Peterborough (50 km), and highway 7 E to Ottawa | | Map Zoom |
79 | 169 | Cobbledick Rd underpass | | Map Zoom |
81 | 167 | Exit 440 to Mill St underpass, N to accommodation, service & shopping, S to accommodation | Clarington | Map Zoom |
82 | 166 | Railroad underpass | | Map Zoom |
84 | 164 | WB Esso gas, services & restaurant on the hwy | | Map Zoom |
85 | 163 | Morgans Rd underpass | | Map Zoom |
89 | 159 | Exit 448 overpass Newtonville Rd | Newcastle | Map Zoom |
92 | 156 | Townline Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
93 | 155 | EB Esso gas, services, restaurant on the highway | | Map Zoom |
97 | 151 | Exit 456 to Best's Rd, N to Morrish Church Rd, S to Willow Beach Rd | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
97 | 151 | Intersection Morrish Chursh Rd overpass | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
99 | 149 | Deer Park Rd underpass (no access) | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
101 | 147 | Exit 461 to Hwy #2 (Toronto Rd), WB to Toronto, S to into Port Hope, gas, services, accommodation | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
102 | 146 | #2 Hwy underpass | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
102 | 146 | Local to Thru EB | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
103 | 145 | Cranberry Rd/Victoria St underpass (no access). | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
104 | 144 | Choate Rd /Cavan St underpass (no access). | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
105 | 144 | Ganaraska River crossing | | Map Zoom |
105 | 143 | EB Exit 464 Hwy 28 Hwy (Ontario St) interchange & overpass, S to gas, services, accommodation, N to Port Hope Conservation Area, Rice Lake (15 km), Peterborough (40 km) | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
105 | 143 | WB Exit 464 Hwy 28 Hwy (Ontario St) interchange & overpass, S to gas, services, accommodation, N to Port Hope Conservation Area, Rice Lake (15 km), Peterborough (40 km) | Port Hope | Map Zoom |
105 | 143 | local to Thru EB | | Map Zoom |
106 | 142 | Hamilton Rd underpass (no access). | | Map Zoom |
109 | 139 | Theater Rd underpass (no access). | | Map Zoom |
113 | 135 | Exit 472 to Highway 18 (Burnham St), S to servies, gas, accommodation, N to south shore of Rice Lake (16 km) | Cobourg | Map Zoom |
114 | 134 | Ontario St overpass | Cobourg | Map Zoom |
116 | 132 | Exit 474 overpass Hwy #45 (Division St), S to gas, shopping, services, N to Hastings (45 km) | Cobourg | Map Zoom |
117 | 131 | Larchmere Golf Club and Restaurant to the S | | Map Zoom |
118 | 130 | Nagle Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
123 | 125 | Danforth Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
125 | 123 | Gully Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
128 | 120 | Exit 487 Hwy #23 / Aird St (N) / Lyle St N (S) underpass, S to services | | Map Zoom |
131 | 117 | Shelter Valley Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
132 | 116 | Vernonville Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
134 | 114 | Boyce Rd (N), Herron Rd (S) | Colborne | Map Zoom |
137 | 111 | Exit 497 Hwy #25 (Percy St) underpass | Colborne | Map Zoom |
139 | 109 | Herley Rd (N) / Durham Rd (S) underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
144 | 104 | Lake Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
144 | 104 | Little Lake to the S | | Map Zoom |
150 | 98 | EB Exit 509 Highway #30, NW to KOA Brighton/401 campground, S to town of Brighton (5 km), accommodation, gas, services, and Presq'ille PP (9 km) camping | | Map Zoom |
152 | 96 | Hwy 26 underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
158 | 90 | Coltman Rd (N) / Christian Rd (S) underpass (no access), Britghton Provinciacl Wildlife Area to NW | | Map Zoom |
159 | 89 | EB & WB gas, services & restaurant, with pinic areas adjoining | | Map Zoom |
163 | 85 | Exit 522 overpass Hwy #40 (Wooler Rd) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
163 | 85 | Stockdale Rd underpass (no access) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
165 | 83 | Exit 525 Hwy #33 (Trenton-Frankford Rd) S to gas, services, accommodation, and Trenton Memorial Hospital. Access to Quinte Island (6 km), Sandbanks PP (60 km) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
167 | 81 | Crossing Trent River / Trent-Severn Canal | Trenton | Map Zoom |
168 | 80 | Exit 526 Hwy 4 (Glen Miller Rd) S to Trenton, gas, services, accommodation, and CFB Trenton (4 km) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
171 | 77 | Hillaire Rd underpass (no access) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
169 | 79 | Exit 538 Highway #1 (Walbridge - Loyalist Road). S to Quinte Conservation Area (3 km) & Loyalist College (3 km), golfing, N to gas | Trenton | Map Zoom |
173 | 75 | Sidney St (Hwy 30 / 33) underpass (no access) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
174 | 74 | Exit 543 Highway 62, S to Quinte Mall, movie theatre, accommodation, downtown City of Belleville, Belleville Harbour, access to County of Prince Edward (6 km) and Sandbanks Provincial Park (33 km), N to Madoc (41 km) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
174 | 74 | Crossing the Moira River, flows into Bay of Quinte | Belleville | Map Zoom |
175 | 73 | Exit 544 King's Highway 37 / 6 (Cannifton Rd), S to accommodation, downtown City of Belleville, Belleville Harbour | Belleville | Map Zoom |
183 | 65 | Mitchell Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
188 | 60 | Aikin Rd underpass (no access) | Trenton | Map Zoom |
187 | 61 | Exit 556 County Highway 7 (Shannonville Road), S to community of Shannonville (3 km) | | Map Zoom |
193 | 55 | Salmon River crossing | | Map Zoom |
194 | 54 | Wyman's Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
197 | 51 | Exit 566 Kings' Highway 49 / Shannonville Rd (N), Marysville Road (S), S to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (3 km) | | Map Zoom |
201 | 47 | Exit 570 Desoronto Road (Lennox & Addington Road 10), S to Deseronto (6 km), Picton (27 km) | Napanee | Map Zoom |
210 | 38 | Exit 579 Lennox & Addington Road 41 (Centre St N), S to Napanee (2 km), shopping, OPP | Napanee | Map Zoom |
212 | 37 | Industrial Blvd (S) / Newburgh Rd (N) underpass (no access) | Napanee | Map Zoom |
212 | 36 | crossing Napanee River | Napanee | Map Zoom |
213 | 35 | Exit 582 Lennox & Addington Road 5 (Palace Rd) St to Napanee | Napanee | Map Zoom |
217 | 31 | Switzerville Rd underpasss (no access) | Napanee | Map Zoom |
222 | 26 | Service Station & restaurant (Westbound) | Napanee | Map Zoom |
224 | 24 | Exit 593 Lennox & Addington Road 4 (Camdem East Road / Highway 133 South), S to Millhaven (10 km), ferry to Amherst Island | | Map Zoom |
229 | 19 | Old Wilton Rd underpass (no access) | | Map Zoom |
230 | 18 | Exit 599 Lennox & Addington Road 6, N to Mud Lake Rd to Mud Lake (3 km), S to Parrot's Ba Conservation Area (10 km) | | Map Zoom |
235 | 13 | Service Station & restaurant (Eastbound) | Kingston | Map Zoom |
240 | 8 | Westbrook Rd underpass (no access), S to golf course, N to gravel pit | Kingston | Map Zoom |
242 | 6 | Exit 611 Highway 38 / Gardiners Road, N to Sharbot Lake (67 km), S to gas, services, accommodation, Catarqui Town Centre shopping, OPP (3 km), Kingston Airport (10 km), and Collins Bay Correctional Institution (federal prison) (7 km) | Kingston | Map Zoom |
244 | 4 | Exit 613 Highway 9 /Sydenham Road, Sto shopping, accommodation and OPP. | Kingston | Map Zoom |
245 | 3 | crossing Little Cataraqui Creek, Little Cataraqui Recreation Area N of hwy | Kingston | Map Zoom |
246 | 2 | Exit 615 Sir John A. Macdonald Road.. S to Kingston's Princess Street (3 km), shopping, Queens University (7 km), St Lawrence College, Lake Ontario Amusement Park. | Kingston | Map Zoom |
248 | 0 | Exit 617 Division Street (S) & Perth Road / Frontenac Road 10 (N), N to towns of Westport (50 km) and Perth (80 km). S to Downtown Kingston (4 km), shopping, gas, accommodation, and hospital. | Kingston | Map Zoom |
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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