Ontario Highway 67
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| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 10.9 km (6.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Existed: | June 30, 1937 – present | ||||||||||||
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 Highway 11 – Porquis Junction
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| North end: | Iroquois Falls | ||||||||||||
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King's Highway 67, commonly referred to as Highway 67, is a provincially maintained highway in the northern portion of the Canadian province of Ontario that connects Highway 11 at Porquis Junction with the town of Iroquois Falls. The two-laned highway is 10.9 kilometres (6.8 mi) long and passes through farmland and swamps en route to the town. Highway 67 was assumed by the Department of Highways in 1937, shortly after the Department of Northern Development merged with it that year. The route originally extended south of Highway 11 to Highway 101 west of Timmins, but this portion was decommissioned as a provincial highway in 1998.
Highway 67 currently travels from Highway 11 at Porquis Junction to the community of Iroquois Falls, where it connects with the former Highway 577 and Highway 578. The 10.9-kilometre (6.8 mi) route is predominantly rural, ending at the urban centre of Iroquois Falls. Aside from that town, the only other community on the two-laned route is Porquis Junction. The length of Highway 67 is 9.8 km (6.1 mi), located entirely within Cochrane District.
The highway begins at Highway 11 just northwest of Porquis Junction, travelling east and immediately crossing a railway track before curving north. It turn to the northeast and travels southeast of and parallel to another railway for almost the entirety of its journey. Although there is some farmland alongside the highway south of Brousseau Road, the portion north of it is dominated by swampland. In the centre of these swamps lies the small hamlet of Onagon, shortly after which the highway enters Iroquois Falls as Ambridge Drive. At Main Street, the route turns east and diverges from the railway, passing through the downtown portion of Iroquois Falls before ending at former Highway 578 on the eastern edge of the town.
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