Highway 46 (Ontario)
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| Kawartha Lakes Road 46 | |||||||||||||
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| Maintained by Ministry of Transportation | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 25.7 km (16.0 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Existed: | 1937 – April 1, 1997 | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |
 Highway 7 near Manilla
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| North end: |
 Highway 48 in Bolsover
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| Villages: |
Woodville Argyle Bolsover |
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King's Highway 46, commonly referred to as Highway 46, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connected Highway 7 with Highway 48 in Victoria County. The route existed between 1937 and 1997, after which it was decommissioned and transferred to the county. In 2001, Victoria County amalgamated into the city of Kawartha Lakes, and the road became known as Kawartha Lakes Road 46. It is 25.7 kilometres (16.0 mi) long, passing through the villages of Woodville, Argyle and Bolsover.
Prior to its downloading to the municipal level on April 1, 1997, Highway 46 was a fairly straight highway following the north-south lot boundaries of Victoria County, between the fifth and sixth lots of Mariposa Township and the second and third lots of Eldon Township. It began in the south at a junction with Highway 7 just east of Manilla and approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Lindsay. It progressed north, surrounded mostly by pastureland and the occasional wooded lot. There are few farms surrounding the flat route, as the soils in the region are very thin and underlain by a limestone bedrock.
Progressing north, the highway travelled straight for approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) until it entered the village of Woodville, where it encountered Victoria County Road 9 (King Street), onto which it turned westward. After a brief concurrency, Highway 46 branched north and exited the village, back into pasturelands. It travelled straight for another 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), passing through the hamlet of Lorneville midway. At the crossroads of Victoria County Road 8 (Glenarm Road), the route passed through the small hamlet of Argyle. The final 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) segment travelled in a straight line through the same surroundings, though it featured more undulated terrain. The highway ended at Highway 48 (Portage Road) in the community of Boslover.
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