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In 1907 the Canadian Pacific Railway opened a prominent "summer" station at the harbour, complete with freight elevator (a "winter" station was located a half-mile north). There was also a seasonal Grand Trunk Railway (later CN) station across the bay on Bala Park Island. In 1927, six CPR train routes each way served Bala, four on a daily basis.
Trunk Bay is part of the Virgin Islands National Park. [1] Trunk Bay is named for the Leatherback turtle, which is endemic to the USVI and are locally known as trunks. [2] The beach area is divided into two halves, the main Trunk Bay beach and swim area and Burgesman Cove which is located on the west end of Trunk Bay near Jumby Bay.
Highway 26 was first assumed by the Department of Highways on July 2, 1927, [2] along an existing trunk route between Barrie and Owen Sound. [7] It began at a shared terminus with Highway 6 and Highway 10 in downtown Owen Sound, at the present intersection of 2nd Avenue East and 10th Street, and travelled 120.3 kilometres (74.8 mi) to Highway ...
The provincial highway network did not extend into the Canadian Shield nor Northern Ontario initially, and Trunk Roads in the north were instead under the mandate of the Department of Northern Development. The two primary trunk routes were extensions of Highway 11 and Highway 17, to North Bay and Sault Ste. Marie, respectively. [84]
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The national capital Ottawa is located in Ontario bordering Quebec. Located within the Golden Horseshoe, Toronto is the capital of Ontario, the financial centre of Canada, and the country's most populous city. Ontario is the second-most urbanized province after British Columbia, with 85.9% of the population living in urban areas. [2]
Sault Ste. Marie (/ ˈ s uː s eɪ n t m ə ˈ r iː / SOO-saynt-mə-REE) is a city in Ontario, Canada.The third-largest city in Northern Ontario after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, it is located on the St. Mary's River on the Canada–US border.
Following the merger, many new trunk roads through central and northern Ontario were designated as provincial highways. One of these was the Madoc–Pembroke Road, which became Highway 62 on August 11, 1937. [1] Originally, the route followed the Hastings Colonization Road, which was quickly determined to be too rough to upgrade.