Ontario Highway 17 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Highway 17
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Length	1,964.0 km (1,220.4 mi)
Existed	February 26, 1920–present
Tourist routes	Lake Superior Circle Tour
Major junctions
West end	PTH 1 (TCH) towards Winnipeg
	Highway 71 – Kenora  Highway 61 – Thunder Bay  Highway 11 – Nipigon  Highway 101 – Wawa To I-75 in Sault Ste. Marie  Highway 6 – McKerrow  Highway 69 – Sudbury  Highway 11 – North Bay  Highway 41 – Pembroke  Highway 60 – Renfrew
East end	Highway 417 near Arnprior
Location
Major cities:	Kenora, Dryden, Ignace, Thunder Bay, Wawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Mattawa, Petawawa, Pembroke, Arnprior
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways List 400-series Former ← Highway 16 Highway 17A →

Ontario Highway 17 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. It is 1,964 kilometres (1,220 miles) long. This makes it Ontario's longest highway. It starts on the border with Manitoba, near Kenora. It ends near Arnprior where the highway merges with Ontario Highway 417.

Highway 17 forms the Ontario part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Images for kids

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  The official ceremony for the opening of the Lake Superior Circle Tour and the Trans-Canada Highway was held on September 17, 1960, near Wawa.

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  Highway 17 at Nipigon Bay in 1937.

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  A gravel-surfaced Highway 17 near Kenora in 1939

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  Highway 17 divides mountains on its journey along the north shore of Lake Superior

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  Highway 17 near Wawa

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  Highway 17 meets the Ottawa River in Deux Rivieres

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  Highway 17 looking east towards Stonecliffe

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  One of the few short sections of 4-lane divided Highway 17 between Echo Bay and Desbarats

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  A new route east of Cobden has been selected by the MTO

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  The Nipigon River Bridge, of the cable stayed design, carries Highway 11/17 over the Nipigon River.