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The longest of these roads is Highway 6, which stretches 87.9 kilometres (54.6 mi) across the Bruce Peninsula—a long and narrow strip of land separating Lake Huron from Georgian Bay—between Hepworth and Tobermory. The shortest numbered road is Bruce Road 25, which travels 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) from Highway 21 to the Lake Huron shoreline. [3]
The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula in Ontario, Canada, that divides Georgian Bay of Lake Huron from the lake's main basin. The peninsula extends roughly northwestwards from the rest of Southwestern Ontario, pointing towards Manitoulin Island, with which it forms the widest strait joining Georgian Bay to the rest of Lake Huron.
At Springmount, Highway 6 ends its concurrency with Highway 21, and continues northwards into the Bruce Peninsula. The road remains as a two-lane highway for its full length up to Tobermory. Highway 6 spans 110 kilometres (68 mi) across the peninsula. It passes through communities such as Shallow Lake, Hepworth, Wiarton, and Ferndale. It is ...
Ferndale is a hamlet in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. Ferndale is west of Lion's Head, halfway between Owen Sound and Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula, located at Highway 6 and Bruce Rd. 9. The Ferndale Road that connects Ferndale and Lion's Head (Bruce Rd. 9) is also halfway between The Equator and the North Pole.
Lion's Head is a community in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.It is located at the midway point of the Bruce Peninsula, about halfway between Owen Sound and Tobermory, just east of Ferndale on Bruce Road 9.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northern Bruce Peninsula had a population of 4,404 living in 2,206 of its 5,101 total private dwellings, a change of 10.1% from its 2016 population of 3,999. With a land area of 775.7 km 2 (299.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.7/km 2 (14.7/sq mi) in 2021. [4]
Blue Mountain Road is a state-controlled district road (number 5127), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It runs from Marlborough–Sarina Road in Blue Mountain to the Peak Downs Highway in Blue Mountain, a distance of 28.4 kilometres (17.6 mi).
Tobermory is a small community located at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation.Until European colonization in the mid-19th century, the Bruce Peninsula was home to the Saugeen Ojibway nations, with their earliest ancestors reaching the area as early as 7,500 years ago. [1]