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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.
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 | Map Zoom |
3 | 187 | Lake Laurentian Conservation Area, western boundary | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
5 | 185 | Lake Laurentian Conservation Area, eastern boundary | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
10 | 180 | CP Rail overpass & intersection Highway 67 W to Sudbury via Bancroft Dr, Allan St E to Coniston (2 km) | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
11 | 179 | Highway 55 Intersection W to Sudbury, via Kingsway (9 km) all services | Sudbury | Map Zoom |
14 | 176 | Highway Junction #74, S to Coniston, smelter, services, accommodation, small airfield, Nickel Centre Information Centre | | Map Zoom |
15 | 175 | Highway 90 (N) N to Garson (8 km), Falconbridge, Sudbury Airport (17 km) and Wanapitei Lake (22 km) | Coniston | Map Zoom |
15 | 175 | Birch St access to Hwy 67 W to Coniston | Coniston | Map Zoom |
17 | 173 | CPR Railway underpass | Coniston | Map Zoom |
19 | 171 | Mountain View ST (N) Glenbower Cr (S) | | Map Zoom |
19 | 171 | Wanapitae River Crossing | | Map Zoom |
20 | 170 | Colonization Rd (N) to Lake Wanapitae, Hwy 537 (Hill St) S to town of Wanup (14 km)and Hwy 69 | Wahnapitae | Map Zoom |
23 | 167 | Mill Rd (N) | Wahnapitae | Map Zoom |
23 | 167 | Norvic Motel, S side of hwy | | Map Zoom |
28 | 162 | Sunset Rd | | Map Zoom |
31 | 159 | Kukagami Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
35 | 155 | Chain Lake Rd (S). MacLean Rd (NO | | Map Zoom |
38 | 152 | Pioneer St W, west access to Markstay, services | Markstay | Map Zoom |
40 | 150 | Main St (N) to Markstay, | Markstay | Map Zoom |
44 | 146 | Picnic grounds on north side of highway | | Map Zoom |
51 | 139 | Highway 535, S to Hagar | Hagar | Map Zoom |
52 | 138 | Labine Rd, W to Hagar | Hagar | Map Zoom |
54 | 136 | River Crossing | | Map Zoom |
59 | 131 | Highway 539 N to Warren, Nipissing Rd (S) | Warren | Map Zoom |
62 | 128 | Old Highway 17 (S) heading east, Picnic grounds on north side of highway | | Map Zoom |
67 | 123 | Deer Lake Rd (N) | Verner | Map Zoom |
73 | 117 | Hwy 575 (N) and Cartier St (S) to Old Highway 17 to west | Verner | Map Zoom |
74 | 116 | Highway 64 S | Verner | Map Zoom |
76 | 114 | Avenue Gingras (S) access to Verner | Verner | Map Zoom |
80 | 110 | Beadry Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
86 | 104 | Levac Rd (W), services and accommodation, Drive-In Rd (E) | Cache Bay | Map Zoom |
90 | 100 | Ottawa St, OPP, Highway 64 N, to Marten River Provincial Park, Cobalt, Kirkland Lake, Cochrane | Sturgeon Falls | Map Zoom |
90 | 100 | Sturgeon River crossing, Historical Plaque, S side | Sturgeon Falls | Map Zoom |
90 | 100 | King Street, all services to E | Sturgeon Falls | Map Zoom |
91 | 99 | Coursol Rd, all services to W | Sturgeon Falls | Map Zoom |
94 | 96 | Golf Course Rd (N) west boundary of Nipissing Indian Reserve 10 south of highway | | Map Zoom |
103 | 87 | Riding Stable Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
104 | 86 | Crossing Little Sturgeon River | | Map Zoom |
107 | 83 | Beacage Park Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
122 | 68 | RV dealer S side of hwy | | Map Zoom |
123 | 67 | Highway Junction #17B North Bay city centre west access | North Bay | Map Zoom |
124 | 66 | east boundary of Nipissing Indian Reserve 10 south of highway | North Bay | Map Zoom |
125 | 65 | Gormanville Rd intersection | North Bay | Map Zoom |
127 | 63 | Major intersection Highway 11B (N) shopping, all services, Algonquin Ave (S) all services | North Bay | Map Zoom |
128 | 62 | Obrien St | North Bay | Map Zoom |
128 | 62 | Frost St N (WB only) | North Bay | Map Zoom |
129 | 61 | Major intersection #63 Cassells St (W) and Trout Lake Rd (E) | North Bay | Map Zoom |
130 | 60 | Major intersection #17B Fisher St (W) | North Bay | Map Zoom |
130 | 60 | Railway level crossing | North Bay | Map Zoom |
130 | 60 | Seymour St intersection | North Bay | Map Zoom |
131 | 59 | Exit to #11 South to Barrie, Toronto | North Bay | Map Zoom |
132 | 58 | Acme Rd (S), Twin Lake N, services | | Map Zoom |
132 | 58 | Lake to N of hwy | | Map Zoom |
134 | 56 | Truck stop on N side of hwy | | Map Zoom |
134 | 56 | Bayview Rd, Race track and Go-cart track on N side of hwy | | Map Zoom |
135 | 55 | Trout Lake, view to N | | Map Zoom |
142 | 48 | Highway 94, gas | | Map Zoom |
154 | 36 | Highway Junction #531 S to Bonfield, accommodation | | Map Zoom |
158 | 32 | Trout Pond Rd (S), Pine Lake Rd (N) to Mattawa River PP (4 km) | | Map Zoom |
163 | 27 | Talon Lake Rd, Rutherglen | | Map Zoom |
172 | 18 | Highway Junction #630 | | Map Zoom |
172 | 18 | Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park | | Map Zoom |
179 | 11 | Boundary Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
181 | 9 | Old Highway 17 (N) | | Map Zoom |
183 | 7 | Taggatt Lake Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
185 | 5 | Old Highway 17 (N) & Nealt Rd (N) | | Map Zoom |
186 | 4 | Champlain Lake Rd, accommodation | | Map Zoom |
188 | 2 | Chenier Rd (S) | | Map Zoom |
188 | 2 | Louis St (N) services | Mattawa | Map Zoom |
190 | 0 | Park St | Mattawa | Map Zoom |
190 | 0 | Pine Street, Mattawa Train Station, Tourist Information Centre | Mattawa | Map Zoom |
190 | 0 | Junction Valois Drive (17S), Main St (Highway 533 N), and McConnal St (Hwy 17 W) | Mattawa | Map Zoom |
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