Ontario Highway 41

King's Highway 41, commonly referred to as Highway 41, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It once travelled from Highway 401 in Napanee north to Highway 17 on the outskirts of Pembroke. However, the section south of Highway 7 in Kaladar was transferred to Lennox and Addington County and is now County Road 41.

Highway 41
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length160.5 km[1] (99.7 mi)
ExistedMay 1, 1935[2]–present
Major junctions
South end Highway 7 in Kaladar
  Highway 28 in Denbigh
 Highway 132 near Dacre
 Highway 60 in Eganville
 Highway 17 near Pembroke
North end Highway 148 in Pembroke
Highway system
Highway 40 Highway 48
Former provincial highways
  Highway 42  

Route description

Highway 41 crosses the Madawaska River near Griffith on a multi-span concrete rigid arch bridge.

Highway 41 is a long highway which travels in a predominantly north–south direction across eastern Ontario, from Highway 7 in Kaladar and Highway 148 in Pembroke. The majority of this distance crosses through a rugged forested region known as Mazinaw Country. However, the route enters the Ottawa Valley at a point between Dacre and Eganville; north of there the land use surrounding the highway becomes mostly agricultural.[3]

Highway 41 begins in the centre of Lennox and Addington County at Highway 7, in the town of Kaladar. The highway once continued south to Napanee, but this is now County Road 41. The highway travels north through the Canadian Shield roughly following the Addington Colonization Road, straddling the boundary between Lennox and Addington County and Frontenac County. It serves the communities of Northbrook and Cloyne before entering Bon Echo Provincial Park. Within the park is the large Mazinaw Rock escarpment, which is visible from the highway.[3]

North of the park, the highway, now entirely within Lennox and Addington County, passes through Ferguson Corners, where it departs eastward from the Addington Colonization Road, and Vennachar Junction. It encounters Highway 28 in the town of Denbigh, then turns northeast. Before entering the community of Griffith, the highway enters Renfrew County and crosses the Madawaska River on a multiple-span concrete rigid arch bridge.[3]

Northern terminus in Pembroke

East of Griffith, the highway passes through Khartum. Further east, near Dacre, it encounters Highway 132. At that junction, drivers must turn to remain on Highway 41. The route proceeds north towards Eganville, where it meets Highway 60. The two highways become concurrent and travel north for 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) before curving west; Highway 41 departs from Highway 60 at a junction midway through this curve and travels eastward.[3]

The highway gradually wraps around the east side of Lake Doré, curving northward as it does. It passes through several communities within a short distance, the most significant of which is Rankin. At its northern end, the route intersects Highway 17 on the outskirts of Pembroke. Within the town, the highway is maintained under a Connecting Link Agreement. Highway 41 ends just south of the shores of the Ottawa River at Pembroke Street; this junction is also the western terminus of Highway 148.[3]

History

Highway 41 winding through the Madawaska Highlands in Renfrew County

Highway 41 was first assumed in the mid-1930s, though ironically it is the only section that is no longer part of the route. On May 1, 1935, the Department of Highways (DHO) designated the Napanee–Kaladar Road through Lennox and Addington County, a distance of 49.5 kilometres (30.8 mi), and numbered it as Highway 41.[2] Just over two years later, the route was extended to Highway 60 at Golden Lake. The DHO assumed the portion within Lennox and Addington on October 6, 1937, followed two weeks later by the portion within Renfrew County on October 20. This extended the highway by 125.4 kilometres (77.9 mi).[4]

Both Highway 60 and Highway 41 shared a terminus at a junction in Golden Lake until April 11, 1957, when the Eganville to Pembroke Road was designated as Highway 41. The section of highway between Eganville and Golden Lake became an extension of Highway 60.

On January 1, 1998, the section of Highway 41 between Highway 2 in Napanee and Highway 7 in Kaladar was transferred to the county of Lennox and Addington, truncating the highway by 48.9 kilometres (30.4 mi).[5]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 41. In addition, it includes some minor junctions that are noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 

DivisionLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Lennox and AddingtonGreater Napanee−50.9−31.6 Highway 2 (Dundas Street) – Toronto, KingstonSection decommissioned January 1, 1998[5]
Kaladar0.00.0 Highway 7Peterborough, OttawaTrans-Canada Highway
Northbrook11.37.0
Beaver Creek Bridge
Cloyne18.511.5Hunt Road
Township Road 506 east – Plevna
Formerly Highway 506
Frontenac21.613.4Skootamatta Lake Road
Bon Echo30.418.9Bon Echo Provincial Park entrance
Lennox and AddingtonDenbigh63.539.5 Highway 28Bancroft
RenfrewGriffith79.049.1County Road 71 (Matawatchan Road) – Camel ChuteMadawaska River Bridge
Bonnechere Valley101.763.2 Highway 132RenfrewHistoric Ottawa and Opeongo Road
Eganville122.175.9County Road 512Southern limits of Eganville; beginning of Connecting Link agreement;
123.276.6 Highway 60 east – RenfrewBeginning of Highway 60 concurrency
124.077.1Northern limits of Eganville; end of Connecting Link agreement
North Algona Wilberforce127.179.0 Highway 60 west – Golden Lake, Barry's BayEnd of Highway 60 concurrency
Lake Dore136.484.8County Road 30 west (Lake Dore Road) – Golden Lake
County Road 9 east (Bulger Road)
Huckabones Corners145.090.1County Road 11 (Micksburg Road) – Micksburg
Pembroke156.597.2 Highway 17North Bay, OttawaTrans-Canada Highway
160.599.7 Highway 148 east (Pembroke Street)Pembroke Connecting Link agreement
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former

References

  1. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. "Appendix No. 4 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Year 1935". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1935. p. 49. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Internet Archive.
  3. Google (January 9, 2012). "Highway 41 - Length and Route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  4. "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. pp. 80–81.
  5. Highway Transfers List - "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 9.

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