Used to be King's Highway 11 #1 Traditional Cache
Used to be King's Highway 11 #1
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Cache is has just enough room for the log sheet. Please bring a pen/pencil to sign log sheet. A quick find. Please do not access via Hwy 11 there is plenty of parking near Canadian Tire.
Cache is located just off part of the original Hwy 11. In the early 1970s, work began to widen the existing Highway 11 between Gravenhurst and Huntsville to four lanes. In general, this section of the highway was "twinned" by constructing a new roadway beside the existing highway, although a new route was constructed to bypass the Town of Gravenhurst altogether. Major intersections between Gravenhurst and Huntsville were grade-separated, but lower-volume intersections were left at-grade. Since the 1970s, many of these at-grade intersections along Highway 11 have been closed off and grade-separated whenever traffic volumes warrant such improvements. King's Highway 11 is the second longest provincial highway in Ontario. It is also one of Ontario's most important arterial highways, providing convenient access from Southern Ontario to Cottage Country and Northern Ontario. The highway has had an enormous impact on the development of Northern Ontario. The highway brought isolated communities closer together and improved the transportation of valuable natural resources such as timber, metals and minerals. The completion of Highway 11 between Hearst and Geraldton also allowed vehicular traffic to traverse Ontario continuously from the Manitoba Boundary to the Quebec Boundary. Until this section of the highway was finished, there was no road that linked Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario. Consequently, Highway 11 has played a vital role in shaping the Ontario which we know today.
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