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Highway 121 was primarily a local highway before it was decommissioned and re-designated.  The highway had two two distinct segments:  The southern segment was a highway that ran parallel to Highway 35 between Powles Corners south of Fenelon Falls, and Minden.  Highway 121 is just over three kilometers longer than Highway 35 between Powles Corners and Minden, though Highway 121 serves more local traffic, as passes through Fenelon Falls (a large town by Kawartha Lakes' standpoint that nearly doubles in population during the summer months), and Kinmount.  Highway 121 rejoined Highway 35 south of Minden, the two routes ran concurrently with one-another through Minden along a four-lane arterial highway.  North of Minden, Highway 121 split from Highway 35 bound northeasterly for Haliburton Village.  It is at this junction that Highway 121 ceased to run parallel to Highway 35, and is the transition between Highway 121 the north south highway and Highway 121 the east-west highway.  East of Haliburton, Highway 121 ran through a near deserted portion of the Haliburton Highlands.  The highway intersected with Highway, 503, Highway 648 (three times, sharing a short concurrency with this convoluted route), before terminating at Highway 28 southwest of Bancroft.  Highway 121 was downloaded south of Haliburton Village to the counties of Victoria (now the City of Kawartha Lakes) and Haliburton, while the highway remained in the provincial highway network.  Between 1998, and 2003 Highway 121 shared a common terminus with Highway 118 in Haliburton Village.  Since, both Highway 118 and Highway 121 were east-west highways, a decision was made to re-designate the remaining east-west leg of Highway 121 as Highway 118.  Signs were changed from Highway 121 to Highway 118 during the Spring of 2003.  This decision greatly improved the route numbering scheme within Haliburton County, and eradicated the remaining piece of the King's Highway 121 from the MTO's log books.

Communities and Major Intersections located along Highway 121 from South to North to East:

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