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Ontario Trans-Canada Highway Route: Highway #17 from Sault Ste Marie to Sudbury, Ontario
Here is the itinerary for the 301 km along Highway #17 from Sault Ste Marie to Sudbury:
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At the end of the last Ice Age, Lake Nippissing was larger than all of the Great Lakes, and its melt waters flowed eastward via North Bay to the Ottawa River. As the land rose, without the weight of the now receding 2 kilometer thick ice sheet, the Ottawa River route was blocked and the modern south-flowing route via the Great Lakes began to form. Sand and silts of the former lake bottom, littered with "erratic" boulders and stones dropped by the glaciers and subsequent melt waters, were quickly overgrown with spruce.
The St Mary's River is the waterway that lets water from Lake Superior flow into the lower Great Lakes. There are great views along the waterfront, particularly at Bondar Park and at the International bridge. Travellers to/from the east, will not see St Lawrence shipping , since the freighters use the American Locks and travel south of Sugar Island, on the American side.
Desbarats is the access point for the very scenic St Joseph's Island. This 220 square mile island marks the northern terminus of the Niagara Escarpment (of which Manitoulin Island is also a part), It has a lake-moderated client, and has many trees and plants more common in southern Ontario, including maple and beech. Along the southern edge of the Island are prime lake freighter watching locations.
Between Manitoulin Island and the north shore of Lake Huron is the North Channel. This was long home to a commercial fishery, centered around Thessalon and Blind River, until the opening of the Welland Canal caused the invasion of the parasitic sea lamprey from the Atlantic Ocean, reducing catches in the 1960s. The North Channel is still a recreational boating paradise, being protected from Lake Huron storms.
Bruce Mines was a copper mine that was active from 1846 to 1876. The town also has a colony of double-crested cormorants. Between Bruce Mines and Blind River are patches of fertile but poorly-drained clay coils, that attracted farmers in the early settlement days, but are beginning to revert to forest. The Mississagi River, once used for transporting logs from the forest to Great Lakes shipping at Blind River, is now dammed for hydro-electic power.
Between Blind River and Massey, the lakeshore follows the Murray Fault, an east-west fracture running pretty-well parallel to the highway. This fault was filled in by gravel and silt during the Ice Age, providing a relatively flat surface for highway and railway lines. Unfortunately, a high water table (and an acidic one at that) have made the ground more suitable for swamp than for farming. Travellers will notice black spruce and alder trees in the wetter areas, with white pine and trembling aspen in higher areas.
Serpent River has a brilliant azure blue colour, and can be seen from a rest stop beside the river. Elliott Lake (25 km up highway 108 from Serpent River) is a leading producer of radioactive uranium, from a mine that dates back to the 1950s, extracting the element form a quartz pebble conglomerate that was formed about 2-1.2 billion years ago.
From Espanola, home to a large pulp mill, travelers can access Manitoulin Island, which at 4112 square kilometers (1588 sq miles) is the larges freshwater island in the world. It is even home to the world's largest lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake in the world. Manitoulin was scoured clean by the Ice Age glaciers and has little arable land. The highway to manitoulin skips over a number of small islands. Highway 6 also connects to a ferry that connects Manitoulin Island to Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula, which can be a scenic shortcut to southern Ontario or part of a "Great Circle Tour" around Georgian Bay.
Ontario Highways road condition reports for this segment.
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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0 | 301 | Great Northern Rd & Wellington St. west to downtown Sault Ste Marie, International Bridge, east to Highway 17,North to Wawa | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
1 | 300 | Wellington St & Pine St, S to Bellevue Park | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
1 | 300 | Wellington St & Trunk Rd at Elizabeth St, Park on S side, Churchill Plaza on E site | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
2 | 299 | Trunk Rd & Lake St | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
3 | 298 | Trunk Rd & Black Rd, WB traffic can head N to bypass Sault Ste Marie, west to downtown, and International Bridge | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
4 | 297 | Trunk Rd & Market St, Wellington Square Mall on S side | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
4 | 297 | Trunk Rd & Boundary Rd, south to SSM Golf & Country club, N to access Rankin Location Indian Reserve 15D | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
7 | 294 | Trunk Rd & Fournier Rd, access S to Queen St, and S to access Rankin Location Indian Reserve 14 along St Mary River | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
8 | 293 | Western boundary of Garden River Indian Reserve 14 | Sault Ste Marie | Map Zoom |
8 | 293 | New Highway 17 Bypass | | Map Zoom |
11 | 290 | Hiawatha Dr | | Map Zoom |
14 | 287 | Point Charles Rd (S), Jordan Mine Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
14 | 287 | River crossing | | Map Zoom |
15 | 286 | Gemba Rd | | Map Zoom |
18 | 283 | Echo River Rd, view to ## Island (Canada) | | Map Zoom |
23 | 278 | Crossing mouth to ## River, eastern boundary of Garden River Indian Reserve 14 | | Map Zoom |
24 | 277 | Hwy 638 (Church St E) Junction, Echo Bay, west to Island Springs Golf Resort, and Puddington B&B | Echo Bay | Map Zoom |
25 | 276 | Watsons Rd | | Map Zoom |
27 | 274 | Maple Leaf Rd | | Map Zoom |
29 | 272 | Bar River Rd | | Map Zoom |
31 | 270 | River crossing | | Map Zoom |
32 | 270 | Lake George Rd | | Map Zoom |
32 | 269 | Calabogie Rd, airport access to W | | Map Zoom |
36 | 265 | Pumpkin Point Rd | | Map Zoom |
37 | 264 | Neebish Rd | | Map Zoom |
40 | 261 | Town Line Rd, highway curves sharply | | Map Zoom |
41 | 260 | Bar Rd | | Map Zoom |
44 | 257 | Hwy 548 to S, access to St Joseph Island, communities of Richards Landing, Hilton Beach | Desbarats | Map Zoom |
52 | 249 | River crossing, Town of Desbarats | Desbarats | Map Zoom |
52 | 249 | Mink Point Rd | Desbarats | Map Zoom |
55 | 246 | Deplonty Rd (E), Cora Rd (W) | | Map Zoom |
58 | 243 | Archibald Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
60 | 241 | Boundary Rd (N), Oak Bay Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
63 | 238 | Bruce Bay St | Bruce Mines | Map Zoom |
6 | 295 | Crawford St, Esso gas & stores | Bruce Mines | Map Zoom |
6 | 295 | Cunningham St (N), access to Harbour | Bruce Mines | Map Zoom |
7 | 294 | Taylor St, shopping | Bruce Mines | Map Zoom |
64 | 237 | Highway 638 (N) | | Map Zoom |
66 | 235 | Road Junction, Mine/Quarry to N and S (watch for trucks) | | Map Zoom |
67 | 234 | Garden Bay Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
67 | 234 | Waltonen Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
71 | 230 | Trunk Rd (N) , Perch Bay Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
79 | 222 | Trunk Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
82 | 219 | Lakeside Dr (S) into Thessalon | Thessalon | Map Zoom |
83 | 218 | River Rd, S to downtown, all services | Thessalon | Map Zoom |
84 | 217 | Highway 129 (N), River St (S) to downtown, all services | Thessalon | Map Zoom |
88 | 213 | Walker Rd | Thessalon | Map Zoom |
90 | 211 | Pine Ridge Rd | Thessalon | Map Zoom |
91 | 210 | Livingstone Creek Golf Course to S | | Map Zoom |
91 | 210 | Livingston Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
92 | 209 | Maple Ridge Rd (S), access to Thessalon Indian Reserve 12 | | Map Zoom |
97 | 204 | Basswood Lake Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
100 | 201 | Dayton Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
103 | 198 | Melwel Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
106 | 195 | Clear Lake Camp (N side of hwy) | | Map Zoom |
109 | 192 | Bright Lake Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
111 | 190 | River crossing | | Map Zoom |
111 | 190 | Highway 546 (N) Main Street. Town of Iron Bridge, all services | Iron Bridge | Map Zoom |
118 | 183 | Dean Lake Rd (W), bridge over river | | Map Zoom |
121 | 180 | Old Mine Rd (NO | | Map Zoom |
128 | 173 | Rd to N | | Map Zoom |
130 | 171 | Rd with west access to Mississagi River Indian Reserve 8 (N) | | Map Zoom |
132 | 169 | Village Rd (N), services and access to Mississagi River Indian Reserve 8 (N) | | Map Zoom |
133 | 168 | Eldorado Rd (S), access to golf course | | Map Zoom |
136 | 165 | Eastern boundary of Mississagi River Indian Reserve 8 (N) | | Map Zoom |
137 | 164 | Michigan Ave (S) access to marina | Blind River | Map Zoom |
138 | 163 | junction Hwy 557/555 (N), town of Blind River, river crossing | Blind River | Map Zoom |
139 | 162 | Leacock St(N) | Blind River | Map Zoom |
141 | 160 | Rue Oak (S), access to beach area | | Map Zoom |
148 | 153 | Boundary Rd (S), Hwy 538 | | Map Zoom |
149 | 152 | Lauzon Village Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
153 | 148 | Hwy 538 (S) | | Map Zoom |
157 | 144 | Access to large quarry/mine to S | | Map Zoom |
158 | 143 | Access to gravel pit to S | | Map Zoom |
161 | 140 | Spragge town rd, access to Serpent Harbour marina (S) | Serpent Harbour | Map Zoom |
164 | 137 | Spragge town settlement (S), Wagoosh Lake Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
165 | 136 | Sheppards Lane (N) | | Map Zoom |
165 | 136 | Strawberry Hill Rd (N) and Martin Rd (S), shopping to NW, Campground to S overlooking Serpent River | Spragge | Map Zoom |
167 | 134 | Highway 108 (N) junction to Elliott Lake & Mississagi River Provincial Park, truck weigh station (S) | Serpent River | Map Zoom |
167 | 134 | Riverview Rd (S), west access to Serpent River Indian Reserve 7 | | Map Zoom |
172 | 129 | Rest & Picnic Area, S side of Hwy | | Map Zoom |
173 | 128 | Riverview Rd (S), east access to Serpent River Indian Reserve 7 | | Map Zoom |
177 | 124 | Village Rd (S), east access to Serpent River Indian Reserve 7 | Cutler | Map Zoom |
179 | 122 | Eastern boundary of Serpent River Indian Reserve 7 | | Map Zoom |
185 | 116 | Johns St, access S to Spanish Marina | Spanish | Map Zoom |
186 | 115 | Colonization Rd (S), town of Spanish, all services | Spanish | Map Zoom |
189 | 112 | Water Falls Rd (N), access to Brookwood Brae Golf Course, all services | Spanish | Map Zoom |
194 | 107 | Sugar Lake Rd (N), River Rd (S) west access to Sagamok Indian Reserve 5 | | Map Zoom |
204 | 97 | Gage Rd (N), Government Rd (S) | Massey | Map Zoom |
206 | 95 | Highway 553 junction, town of Massey, N to Chutes PP, S to Indian Reserve Rd with east access to Sagamok Indian Reserve 5, Lee Valley Rd | Massey | Map Zoom |
207 | 94 | River crossing | Massey | Map Zoom |
207 | 94 | Birch Lake Rd (N) | Massey | Map Zoom |
222 | 79 | Agnew Lake Rd, town of Webbwood | Webbwood | Map Zoom |
223 | 78 | town of Webbwood, services both sides | Webbwood | Map Zoom |
232 | 69 | Highway 6 Junction, town of Espanola 3 km Little Current on Manitoulin Island (53 km), via Whitefish River Indian Reserve 4 | Espanola | Map Zoom |
234 | 67 | Levert Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
237 | 64 | Rest Area N side of hwy | | Map Zoom |
239 | 62 | Jacklin Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
240 | 61 | River crossing, Rd to N on W side | | Map Zoom |
245 | 56 | Old Nairn Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
248 | 53 | Spence St | Nairn Centre | Map Zoom |
249 | 52 | McDonald St | Nairn Centre | Map Zoom |
252 | 49 | Lone Falls Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
269 | 32 | Highway 55 (S) west access to Whitefish PP, Holiday Beach Campground, Whitefish Lake Indian Reserve 6 | | Map Zoom |
269 | 32 | Bay St, Highway 3 N to Fairbank PP, Highway 17 to east is "twinned" | | Map Zoom |
272 | 29 | River crossing | | Map Zoom |
283 | 18 | Highway 144 north junction, to Chelmsford (18 km), Dowling, Onaping, and north to Timmins | | Map Zoom |
285 | 16 | Santala Rd S to Service Rd, all services | | Map Zoom |
286 | 15 | Highway 24 to Black Lake Rd (S) services along Hwy 55, Main St (N) in Lively services | Lively | Map Zoom |
288 | 13 | Major junction Highway 55, Old Highway 17 (S) to Mikkola, N to Copper Cliff | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
290 | 11 | Fielding Rd (N) access to Fielding Park, Kelley Lake Dam Kantola Rd (S), Highway 17 "twinned" to W | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
293 | 8 | Southview Rd (N) access to Sudbury, Jarvis Rd (S) to Long Lake | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
298 | 3 | Long Lake Rd S to Long Lake, N to Sudbury via Paris St (7 km) all services & hospital | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
301 | 0 | Major Interchange Highway 46 (Regent St) N into Sudbury, all services & hospital, and Highway 69 S to OPP, Parry Sound, Barrie, Toronto | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
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