Highway 599 (Ontario)

Infobox road
highway_name = Highway 599
marker_

length_km = 292
length_notes =
direction_a = North
direction_b = South
direction = North/South
starting_terminus = Pickle Lake
ending_terminus =
cities = Ignace, Silver Dollar, Savant Lake, New Osnaburgh, Pickle Lake
counties = Kenora and Thunder Bay districts


alternate_name =
established = 1956
decommissioned =

Highway 599 is a long and isolated road in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, starting at the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 17) near Ignace. It travels through the dense forests and hills of Kenora District and ends in Pickle Lake. It is the longest secondary highway in Ontario, at about 292 km (181 miles) in length. It is also the northernmost highway in Ontario maintained by the MTO.

The road also links up with the Northern Ontario Resource Trail, which used to be a part of Highway 599, and then Highway 808. The Resource Trail is paved for only the first 3 km (1.8 miles) of its length, and is gravel for the rest of its length. It links up with winter roads that travel to isolated communities even farther north, terminating at the northern shore of Wendigo Lake.

The road is very lightly travelled, and it is advised that one fills up with fuel before embarking on the road, as services are few and far between on the highway.

Towns and Highways

* Highway 17
* Ignace
* Valora
* Silver Dollar / Highway 642
* Savant Lake
* Highway 516
* Osnaburgh
* Rat Rapids
* Mishkeegogamang First Nation (New Osnaburgh)
* Highway 646 (to Pickle Lake Airport)
* Pickle Lake
* Northern Ontario Resource Trail

See also

* Highway 808
* Northern Ontario Resource Trail

External links

* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Hwy599.htm Highway 599 on The Kings Highway]
* [http://members.aol.com/Hwys/OntHwys/OntHwys581-610.html Highways 581-581]