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King's Highway 12, commonly referred to as Highway 12 and historically known as the Whitby and Sturgeon Bay Road, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway connects the eastern end of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with Kawartha Lakes (via Highway 7 ), Orillia and Midland before ending at Highway 93 .
Whitby is a town in Durham Region in Ontario, Canada. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of Ajax and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Oshawa , on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region.
The numbered roads in the Regional Municipality of Durham account for about 832 kilometres (517 mi) of the county road system in the Canadian province of Ontario.The Durham Region Works Department owns and maintains the regional roads and regional highways, while the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) owns and maintains the King's Highways in the region.
Highway 407 begins at the Highway 403/Queen Elizabeth Way junction in Burlington. Highway 407 is a 151.4-kilometre (94.1 mi) [1] controlled-access highway that encircles the GTA, passing through Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, and Clarington, as well as travelling immediately north of Toronto.
Whitby Town Council had recommended to the province the route be named after Jim Flaherty. [9] Although initially expected to be completed on December 18, 2015, delays resulted in the opening being postponed until June 2016. The highway was opened, alongside Highway 407E between Brock Road in Pickering and Harmony Road in Oshawa, on June 20, 2016.
Whitby Business Park is a 49-acre (20 ha) site located by the A171 road, 2 miles (3 km) from the harbour on the southern outskirts of the town. Companies on the park include Supreme Plastics, Whitby Seafoods Ltd and Botham's of Whitby alongside major retailers, Homebase and Sainsbury's .
[6] [10] However, in common parlance they are simply referred to as "Highway n". [11] Ontario highways rank second safest in North America for fatality rates, with 0.55 fatalities per 10000 licensed drivers in 2019. [12] The phrase "King's Highway" is used regardless of the gender of the monarch.
Myrtle is a community in the Town of Whitby, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Myrtle, located in what was Whitby Township, was first named Well's Corners. In 1856, the name of the community was changed to Wellwood and again to Myrtle in the 1860s. In 1968, Myrtle became part of the Town of Whitby when the Town amalgamated with Whitby Township.