Highway 66 (Ontario)

Highway 66 (Ontario)

Infobox road
province=ON
type=Hwy
route=66
alternate_name=


length_km=99.6
length_ref=Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, [http://www.raqsa.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb 2004 Annual Average Daily Traffic] ]
length_round=1
established=
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=ON|Hwy|566 near Matachewan
junction=jct|state=ON|Hwy|11 near Swastika
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=QC|Route|117 towards Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=65
next_type=Hwy
next_route=67

Highway 66 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Located in the Timiskaming District, the highway begins at Matachewan at the junction of Highway 65, and extending eastward for 106 kilometres to the Quebec boundary just east of Kearns. At the provincial border, the highway continues eastward as Route 117.

From Highway 11 (41 km east of Matachewan) at Kenogami Lake, Ontario eastwards to the Quebec border, Highway 66 is designated as part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

The section of Highway 66 between Swastika and Kirkland Lake had been paved before being assumed as a King's Highway, due to the region's prosperity during the heady gold rush days of the 1930s.Fact|date=February 2007 There have been long-lasting apocryphal rumours circulating for years in the area that some gold ore destined for a refinery was mistakenly crushed by a road construction crew and used for granular base on this paved section of Hwy 66.Fact|date=February 2007 This has not been proven, however, and is little more than an urban legend.Fact|date=February 2007

The main community on the highway is Kirkland Lake. Other communities include:
* Matachewan
* Kenogami Lake
* Swastika
* Chaput Hughes
* King Kirkland
* Larder Lake
* Virginiatown
* Kearns

ee also

* Ontario tourist routes
* Golden Highway

References

External links

* [http://members.aol.com/Hwys/OntHwys/OntHwysOther.html Tourist Routes]
* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway66.htm Highway 66 at TheKingsHighway.ca]
* [http://www.embargo.ca/highway11/Timiskaming/TM-15c-Virginiatown.htm Virginiatown - Ontario Highway 11 Homepage]
* [http://www.embargo.ca/highway11/Timiskaming/TM-15b-LarderLake.htm Larder Lake - Ontario Highway 11 Homepage]
* [http://www.embargo.ca/highway11/Timiskaming/TM-15-KirklandLake.htm Kirkland Lake - Ontario Highway 11 Homepage]
* [http://www.embargo.ca/highway11/Timiskaming/TM-16-Swastika.htm Swastika - Ontario Highway 11 Homepage]


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