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Township of Michipicoten

District of Thunder Bay

Green junction signage for the ramp to Highway 101 in Wawa.  Unlike most signs along two lane highways in Ontario, the signs at Highway 101 in Wawa are aluminum extruded signs as opposed to wooden signs.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.
Township of Michipicoten

District of Thunder Bay

View looking northerly towards the Highway 101 junction in Wawa.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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Township of Michipicoten

District of Thunder Bay

Blue signage for Downtown Wawa from Highway 17.  Though Highway 17 is a two lane highway it is almost signed as if it were a freeway through Wawa.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.
District of Algoma A picturesque lake dots the scenery along Highway 17 south of Wawa.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.


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District of Algoma View looking southerly along Highway 17 from roughly 7km south of Wawa.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.


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District of Algoma  View looking southerly as Highway 17 begins its decent to Old Woman Bay in Lake Superior Provincial Park.

Photo taken: September 5th, 2006.

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District of Algoma   Looking northerly as Highway 17 passes through a large rock cut near Old Woman Bay.  Note how the rock that was cut from the hillside was used to fill the gully in which I am standing on.  Balancing cut/fill quantity is one of the principal tasks of highway engineering.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   View looking northerly about 30km south of Old Woman Bay.  Note how the highway just disappears from view as it rounds the bend -- this is an example of poor vertical curve geometry as described by the Transportation Association of Canada's (TAC) Manual for Highway Design.  In retrospect, the highway designer should have specified a slightly flatter crest curve to improve the vertical sightlines.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   View looking northerly at the south end of a long three lane section along Highway 17.  Though Highway 17 runs generally very close to the Lake Superior shore through Lake Superior Provincial Park; large costal hills associated with the north shore of Lake Superior often push the highway inland.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma  Looking south as Highway 17 approaches Bald Head.  It is a shame this photo was taken on a hazy day, this is a beautiful vantage point.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma  View looking northerly approaching the Coldwater River bridge.  Note the brown signs used for Coldwater Creek.  Like Highway 60 through Algonquin Park, yellow on brown signs are used through Lake Superior Provincial Park.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma  View looking southerly as a panoramic of Lake Superior appears over the crest of the hill.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   View looking northerly as Highway 17 begins its ascent from Agawa Bay back into the costal hills of Lake Superior.

Photo taken: September 5th, 2006.

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District of Algoma   This view looks southerly at the large truss bridge that carries Highway 17 overtop of the Agawa River.  Highway 17 has a similar appeal to me as US-66 did prior to the interstate era.  While Highway 17 is not a freeway, it is still the main street across Canada.  While it is unquestionably slower to traverse than a four lane highway would be, passing through the small northern communities adds to the highways appeal.  It harkens back to the days before motoring was simply about speed.
Photo taken: September 5th, 2006.

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District of Algoma   Side shot of the Agawa River bridge.  In this late summer photo, the Agawa River is but a shallow meandering stream, however during the spring I imagine the river has considerable more flow then pictured.

Photo taken: September 5th, 2006.

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District of Algoma   View looking west as the Agawa River empties into Lake Superior.  The Lake Superior shoreline is beyond beautiful.  When Cameron, Josh and I went up north in 2006, we spent almost four full days photographing Highway 17 between Montreal River Harbour and Thunder Bay.
Photo taken: September 5th, 2006.

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District of Algoma   This view looks northerly as Highway 17 passes overtop of the Agawa River.  This is a particularly picturesque portion of the Trans-Canada Highway.  The early start to the autumn colours starting to tint the forest with pockets of orange and yellow accentuate the natural beauty of Lake Superior Provincial Park.
Photo taken: September 5th, 2006.

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District of Algoma   View of the north end of the Montreal River hill along Highway 17.  A long southbound passing lane begins in this photo.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   Northerly view about halfway up the back-end of the Montreal River hill.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   Opposing view from the same vantage point.  A large lake has been built to the left of the highway here.  Ontario Power Generation operates a generating station at the Montreal River Dam.  Numerous remote rivers have been dammed in Northern Ontario for hydro-electric production.  Historically electricity has been very inexpensive in many Northern Ontario Communities.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   This view looks northerly at the crest of Montreal River Hill.  A brief four lane section of highway has been constructed at the top of the hill as the southbound climbing lane ends in favour of a long northbound climbing lane.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   Opposing view from the previous vantage point.  A large valley separates the two 'summit's of Montreal River Hill.  While this valley would be regarded as quite shallow by those used to traversing mountains, this valley is notable along Highway 17 in Ontario.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma   View from the other side of the valley.  This photo was taken from the south 'summit'.  Heading northbound up Montreal River Hill the road simply climbs from the Montreal River bridge to this point, cresting the hill I find it very striking how quickly the highway falls into the valley only to rise to the next crest about a kilometre away.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma Yellow warning side marking the beginning of the Montreal River Hill.  The MTO recently began studying a diversion around the Montreal River Hill.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

District of Algoma Looking southerly as Highway 17 begins its decent down the Montreal River Hill.  Unfortunately when this photo was taken, Lake Superior was covered by a fine mist that just kept the water out of view.  The Montreal River Hill offers travelers one of the most scenic vistas of Lake Superior to be found along Highway 17.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.
District of Algoma Looking again south at the same curve as the previous photo.  It is hoped that the current Highway 17 alignment would be left open as a scenic loop ensuring future travelers can continue to enjoy the beautiful view of the lake once the Montreal River Hill diversion is completed
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma Looking north at a rather tight reversing curve as Highway 17 ascends the Montreal River Hill.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.


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District of Algoma  View midway up the hill -- looking north.

Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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District of Algoma Looking south towards Montreal River Harbour.  Highway 17 follows a straight alignment on the southern portion of the Montreal River Hill.

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District of Algoma Looking north towards the abrupt start of the Montreal River Hill.  The transition from the the fairly tame Lake Superior shoreline into the rugged hills hills along the north and east sides of the lake is never more pronounced then it is at the Montreal River.
Photo taken: July 2nd, 2006.

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