Ontario Highway 802

Highway 802
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length:	13.8 km[1] (8.6 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Burchell Lake
	Highway 11
North end:	Kashabowie
Districts:	Thunder Bay
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways 400-series • Former ← Highway 801 Highway 803 →

Tertiary Highway 802, commonly referred to as Highway 802, is a provincially maintained access road in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Thunder Bay District.

Route description

Highway 802 is 13.8 kilometres (8.6 mi) long, existing in two discontinuous segments: one extends from Highway 11 northerly to the community of Kashabowie, and the other, two kilometres west of the first, extends from Highway 11 southerly to the ghost town of Burchell Lake.^[2] The section of Highway 11 between the two sections is also technically part of Highway 802,^[1] although it is not signed as such.

Highway 802, like most other tertiary highways, is not maintained by the Ministry of Transportation during the winter months.

History

The road was originally built in 1902 as a link between the mineral exploration site at Burchell Lake and the train station at Kashabowie, but was not designated as part of the provincial highway system until 1962. Burchell Lake was later abandoned in 1967, although the southerly portion of the road has retained the Highway 802 designation because of the continued presence of a number of recreational properties in the area.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 802. The entirety of the route is located within Kenora District.^[2]

Location	km[1]	Destinations	Notes
Burchell Lake	0.0		Highway ends at fence blocking entrance to former mine and ghost town
Unorganized Kenora District	10.9	Highway 11 west – Rainy River, Fort Frances	Beginning of Highway 11 concurrency
	12.7	Highway 11 east – Thunder Bay	End of Highway 11 concurrency
Kashabowie	13.8		Highway ends at CN railway crossing
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2007). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Government of Ontario. http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Peter Heiler (2010). Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. p. 107, section H7. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.