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King's Highway 46 marker
King's Highway 46
Kawartha Lakes Road 46
Route information
Maintained byMinistry of Transportation
Length25.7 km[1](16.0 mi)
ExistedAugust 11, 1937[2]–April 1, 1997[3]
Major junctions
South endHighway 7nearManilla
Major intersectionsRoad 9 (King Street) inWoodville
Road 8(Glenarm Road) –Beaverton,Fenelon Falls
North endHighway 48inBolsover
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CountiesKawartha Lakes
VillagesWoodville
Argyle
Bolsover
Highway system
←Highway 40→Highway 48
Former provincial highways
←Highway 45 Highway 47→

King's Highway 46,commonly referred to asHighway 46,was aprovincially maintained highwayin theCanadianprovince of Ontario that connectedHighway 7withHighway 48inVictoria 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 ofKawartha Lakes,and the road became known as Kawartha Lakes Road 46. It is 25.7 kilometres (16.0 mi) long, passing through the villages ofWoodville,ArgyleandBolsover.

Route description

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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 ofMariposa Townshipand the second and third lots ofEldon Township.[4] [5] It began in the south at a junction with Highway 7 just east ofManillaand approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west ofLindsay.It progressed north, surrounded mostly by pastureland and the occasional wooded lot.[6] There are few farms surrounding the flat route, as the soils in the region are very thin and underlain by limestonebedrock.[7]

Progressing north, the highway traveled 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 briefconcurrency,Highway 46 branched north and exited the village, back into pasturelands. It traveled straight for another 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), passing through the hamlet ofLornevillemidway. At the crossroads ofVictoria 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 Bolsover.[6]

History

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Highway 46 was incorporated into the Ontario provincialhighway systemon August 11, 1937, running from east ofManillaonHighway 7northwards toBolsover,and north-east from there toCoboconkwhere it ended atHighway 35with a length of 54.9 km (34.1 mi).[2][8] Originally unpaved in its entirety, the first 16.0 km (9.9 mi) toArgylewere paved in 1952, followed by the 16.9 km (10.5 mi) toKirkfieldin 1957. A final 4.5 km (2.8 mi) were paved in 1959 to Victoria Road. Its routing prior to 1975 followed the present dayKawartha Lakes Road 48through Kirkfield, Victoria Road, Corsons, and ended in Coboconk. Before 1963, the route between Victoria Road and Coboconk followed the shores ofBalsam Lake,as the lots set out in the surveying ofBexley Townshipwere 2 miles deep, and running a road at the back of the lots would require the maintenance of 38 two-mile driveways.[9]

In the early 1960s,Balsam Lake Provincial Parkwas announced and located on the northwest shores of the lake. Highway 46 ran along the shore ofBalsam Lakeon what is now Balsam Lake Drive and North Bay Drive at the time of the announcement, and so it was decided that a new alignment would be built further from the lake to pass the front of the new park. The 10.3 km (6.4 mi) bypass was opened and signed as Highway 46 on June 28, 1967.[10]The designation would last just under a decade. In 1975, the province of Ontario performed a systematic renumbering of its highways, and Highway 46 between Bolsover and Coboconk became a part ofHighway 48,[10][11] truncating Highway 46 to its final length of 25.7 km (16.0 mi).[1]

Budget constraints brought on by a recession in the 1990s resulted in theMike Harrisprovincial government forming theWho Does What?committee to determine cost-cutting measures in order to balance the budget after a deficit incurred by former premierBob Rae.[12] It was determined that many Ontario highways no longer served long-distance traffic movement and should therefore be maintained by local or regional levels of government. The MTO consequentlytransferred many highwaysto lower levels of government in 1997 and 1998, removing a significant percentage of the provincial highway network.[13] As Highway 46 generally only served local traffic heading towardscottage country,and not province-wide movement, the route was transferred toVictoria Countyon April 1, 1997.[3] It was subsequently redesignated as Victoria County Road 46.[14]

Until June 28, 1967, Highway 46 followed the shores of Balsam Lake. The route was moved inland, and became part of Highway 48 in 1975.
Highway 46Limited-accessKing's HighwayFormer highways

Major intersections

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The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 46, as noted by theMinistry of Transportation of Ontario.[1]The entire route was located inKawartha Lakes.[14]

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
0.00.0Highway 7–LindsayTrans-Canada Highway
Woodville9.55.9Road 9 east (King Street)
9.86.1Road 9 west
Argyle16.09.9Road 8–Beaverton,Fenelon Falls
Bolsover25.716.0Highway 48(Portage Road) –Kirkfield,Coboconk
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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Sources

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  1. ^abcHighway Planning Office (1989).Provincial Highways Distance Table.Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. p. 64.
  2. ^ab"Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 81.
  3. ^abHighway Transfers List (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. April 1, 1997. p. 8.
  4. ^"Map of Eldon Township concessions and lots".RetrievedJune 17,2015.
  5. ^"Map of Eldon Township concessions and lots".RetrievedJune 17,2015.
  6. ^ab"Route of Highway 46 (1964–1997)"(Map).Google Maps.RetrievedJune 17,2015.
  7. ^Kirkconnell, Watson (1921)."History of Victoria County - The Beginnings of Bexley".Lindsay: Watchman Warder.RetrievedJune 17,2015.
  8. ^"Route of Highway 46 (1937–1964)"(Map).Google Maps.RetrievedJune 17,2015.
  9. ^Kirkconnell, Watson (1967),County of Victoria, Centennial History,Victoria County Council, pp. 79–80,retrievedJune 17,2015
  10. ^abDepartment of Highways pp. 65, 85
  11. ^Public and Safety Information Branch (August 19, 1976). "More Direct Route For Haliburton Resort Area Traffic" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
  12. ^"The Age of Non-Planning".The Neptis Foundation. 28 June 2013.RetrievedMay 26,2015.
  13. ^Association of Municipalities of ontario (Autumn 1999). "5.5 Highway Transfers".Local Services Realignment: A User's Guide(Report). Government of Ontario. p. 5.13.ISBN0-7778-9068-2.Archived fromthe originalon June 11, 2014.RetrievedMay 26,2015.
  14. ^abMapart (2010).Ontario Back Road Atlas(Map). Peter Heiler Ltd. p. 43.ISBN978-1-55198-226-7.

Bibliography

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  • AADT Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969.Department of Highways. 1969.
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