Ontario Highway 71

King's Highway 71 in Ontario, Canada
Trans-Canada Highway Route Transcanadienne
Basic data
Operator:	Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Start of the street:	Kenora ( 49 ° 44 ′  N , 94 ° 15 ′  W )
End of street:	Fort Frances ( 48 ° 36 ′  N , 93 ° 24 ′  W )
Overall length:	194 km
Region :	Kenora Rainy River
New Sioux Narrows Bridge
Course of the road Further on  Kenora W to Kenora , O to Thunder Bay Sioux Narrows Sioux Narrows (Sioux Narrows Bridge) Rainy River Chapple W to Rainy River together with direction Fort Frances Emo Devlin Fort Frances O to Thunder Bay Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge Rainy River Canada - United States Further on   Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The King's Highway 71 in the Canadian province of Ontario is part of the Trans-Canada Highway -Netz. It is part of the southern arm in western Ontario and has a length of 194 km.

Route

The highway begins 20 km west of Kenora on Highway 17 . It leads south, 4 km after the start of the highway it meets the Rushing River Provincial Park , which it also crosses. The road turns east and runs south of the border with Eagle Dogtooth Provincial Park . At Andy Lake, the direction changes again to the south. After 27 km the route completes a loop that encloses the Sioux Narrow Provincial Park .

Highway 71 at Naotkamegwannig, north of Sioux Narrows

At the westernmost point of the loop is the Sioux Narrow Bridge, which spans the Sioux Narrows . This forms the connection between the Lake of the Woods and Whitefish Bay. After the loop, the route goes south again. Past Caliper Provincial Park , the route leaves the area of ​​the Canadian Shield and enters a very fertile region. 6 km west of Emo , the highway meets the Rainy River , which it follows to the east. This river forms the natural border with the United States , Minnesota .

At the Rainy River, the highway also meets Ontario Highway 11 , which comes from the west. Both highways run on the same route as far as Fort Frances . At Emo, the highways leave the Rainy River again and lead directly to Fort Frances. There the routes separate again, Highway 11 heads northeast, Highway 71 crosses the Rainy River. This bridge is chargeable and leads to the United States in the city of International Falls . There Highway 71 continues as US Highway 71 , which leads to the southern United States.

Web links

• Trans-Canada Highway website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rainy River District Agricultural Economic Impact - Study. (PDF; 1.1 MB) (No longer available online.) Rainy River District - Federation of Agriculture, October 1, 2009, archived from the original on March 31, 2012 ; accessed on July 24, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Non-Interstate System Toll Bridges and Tunnels in the United States. US Department of Transportation: Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI), accessed July 24, 2012 .