MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide Ontario Highway #17 "Trans Canada Highway" Kms ITEM SUMMARY 0.0 Manitoba /Ontario Border West to Winnipeg, east to Kenora, Ontario; Lake of the Woods To Thunder Bay Recreation area, ON; Dryden, Ontario; Thunder Bay, Ontario Sault St.Marie, Ontario. -- NOTE: For highway travel west via The Trans Canada Highway #1 - See Highway Travel Guide Trans Canada Highway #1 Manitoba / Saskatchewan Border to the Ontario / Manitoba Border for driving directions 1.0 Visitor Information Visitor Information Direction Center, south side of highway Direction Center 10.0 Photo View from Highway While driving east on the Trans Canada Highway. 21.0 Point of Interest Granite Lake, Ontario. 26.0 Clinton's,, Ash Rapids Access to Clinton's, Ash Rapids Lodge, Ontario Lodge 27.0 Sevices Services, fuel 36.0 Entering Ontario Lake of East to Keewatin, Ontario, Kenora, Ontario. Lake of the Woods is over The Woods Vacation Area seventy miles long and wide, and contains over 14,552 islands and 65,000 miles (105,000 km) of shoreline. The lake is best known for its walleye population, one can also fish for Bass, Northern Pike, Perch and muskellunge. 40.0 Junction of Highways Junction of Highway #17 and #17a, Highway#17a is the Kenora Bypass to Thunder Bay, Ontario Highway #17, south access to Keewatin, Ontario & Kenora, Ontario, 12 km's east 42.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #641 48.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #596, south to Keewatin, Ontario, Kenora, Ontario. Attractions in and around Keewatin, Ontario: Keewatin Beach; This beach offers swimming on a Beach area - Vernon Interpretive Nature Trails, self-guided hiking trails, through sand flats, Canadian Shield outcrops, and bogs and marshlands - The Keewatin Pot Holes, shows evidence of glaciation. This natural phenomenon consists of four rock holes ranging in diameter from 30 inches to several feet, and go as deep as 7 feet. - Mather-Walls House, offers tours of the early life in the Keewatin Area. 56.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #658, north to Reditt, Ontario, south to City of Kenora, Ontario. Attractions in and around Kenora, Ontario: Lake of woods museum; The museum features the founding, settlement, and development of Kenora and the Lake of the Woods area. - The Lake of the Woods Railroad Museum. The museum offers, displays, books, artifacts, videos, safety displays, a user friendly model railroad and ex-CP Rail railroad. - Kenora's Harbourfront; offers, outdoor performances, special events, national tours, boat tours, water taxis, float plane rides - Huskie the Muskie; Huskie the Muskie standing 40 ft tall, is the City of Kenora's informal mascot. - Pictographs; ancient paintings, accessible only by boat, are located in Sabaskong Bay on Lake of the Woods - MS Kenora, Cruising on Lake of the Woods; 190 Passenger Capacity - Heritage Townscape Murals, 20 completed murals, painted by Canadian artists on the large walls of buildings in the City. Page 1/5 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Sep-21 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 62.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #659, #604, north to Minaki, Ontario south to airport, Beauty Bay Golf Course 66.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #671, north to Grassy Narrows, Ontario, 71 km's, access to Grassy Narrows Lodge, Ontario. 74.0 Highway Junctions #17a Junction of Highways #17a, Kenora City Bypass East to Thunder Bay, #17 west to Winnipeg. Highway #17 east to Kenora, Keewatin 77.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #71, south to 3 Provincial Parks, Rushing River Provincial Park, Sioux Narrows Provincial Park, Caliper Lake Provincial Park. Rushing River Ontario Provincial Park, camping facilities: Rushing River has 217campsites, 75 of which have electrical service. Washroom and shower facilities. - Sioux Narrows Provincial Park, camping facilities: Half of the 71 campsites in Sioux Narrows are situated along the shoreline of Lake of the Woods. Seventeen campsites have electrical service. Each campsite has a picnic table, fireplace and parking space - Caliper Lake Provincial Park, camping facilities: 83 campsites, more than half of which can accommodate trailers Twenty-six sites offer electrical hookups. All are near showers, toilets, firewood and water taps. 120.0 Services At Highway Services, fuel, diesel, restaurant, 123.0 Point of Interest Experimental Lake Area 126.0 Stewart Lake Lodge, Services, fuel, diesel Ontario 146.0 Photo View from Highway While driving east on the Trans Canada Highway. 152.0 Town of Vermillion Bay, Vermillion Bay, services. Junction of Highway#647, north to Blue Lake Ontario Provincial Park, Vermillion Bay Airport. Blue Lake Ontario, Provincial Park the lake has a long, sandy beach and water so clear you can see the bottom at six metres. Camping faclities: 198 spacious and well spaced tent and trailer sites, 104 with electricity, also, Showers, Flush Toilets, Laundromat, Play Area, Boat Launch, Canoe, kayak, Rentals. 154.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #105, north to Perrault Falls, Ontario, Pakwash Ontario, Provincial Park, Red Lake, Ontario. Services at Highway Junction. Pakwash Ontario, Provincial Park, has a sandy beach and shallow, warm waters ideal for swimming, fishing and canoeing. Camping faclities: 69 campsites, 16 of which have electricity. All are within walking distance of toilets and water taps. A comfort station with showers and laundry facilities. 157.0 Point of Interest Crossing the Ontario Eagle River. 169.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #594, south to Eagle River and Eagle Lake, Ontario, Eagle Lake Lodge, Ontario. Eagle Lake offers Walleye, Muskie, Northern Pike and Smallmouth Bass fishing. 177.0 Point of Interest Sheep and Wool Farm, south side of highway 182.0 Town of Oxdrift Junction of Highway #605 north to Rugby, Oxdrift, services 192.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #665, north and south. South to Highway #502 The Great River Road. Access to Campground, public telephone service Page 2/5 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Sep-21 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 195.0 Entering the City of All services. Dryden, Ontario was founded in 1895. Attractions in and Dryden, Ontario around Drydon, Ontario: Max the Moose, 18' (5.6 m) tall and weighs 2 tons - Dryden and District Museum, Museum features local culture and history in the Dryden area - Other attractions include - The Dryden ScareCrow Festival - Dryden Ojibway Pow Wows - Dryden Walleye Masters Tournament - Dryden Moosefest. 196.5 Laundromat Access to Laundromat 197.0 Hospital Access to Hospital 203.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #601, north, access to The Dryden Airport,south to The Dryden Golf & Curling Club, access to Sandy Beach 210.0 Aaron Ontraio Provincial Access to Aaron Provincial Park camping facilities: 98 campsites with Park access to comfort stations, showers and a laundromat. There are 24 Electric Sites. flush Toilets, play Area, boat Launch, canoes rentals. 227.0 Town of Dinorwic, Ontario Dinorwic, services, Junction of Highway #72, north, to Ojibway - Junction of highway #72 Ontario, Provincial Park, The park is located on Little Vermilion Lake. The lake, offers good swimming, a sandy beach and muskellunge fishing. Camping facilities within Ojibway Ontario, Provincial Park: 45 campsites, 22 of which have electrical service, showers, flush toilets, laundromat, play Area, boat launch, canoes and motorboats rentals. Access to community of Sioux Lookout, Ontario: 238.0 Roadside Highway Turnout Highway Turnout, picnic tables, north side of highway 248.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #603, north to Dyment, Ontario 272.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #622, south to Turtle River Provincial Park, no facilities, access only by water. Backcountry canoeing and fishing are the main recreational activities within this provincial park. - South to community of Atikokan, Ontario. Atikokan, Ontario The town is known locally as the 'Canoeing Capital of Canada' and is one of the main points of entry into the canoeing destination, Quetico Ontario Provincial Park. 284.0 Raleigh Lake, Ontario Access to Campgrounds, boating, picnic area, south side of highway 302.0 Ignace, Ontario Airport Access to Airport, south side of highway 304.0 Lodging Lodging, south side of highway 305.0 Town of Ignace, Ontario Ignace, services, Campground 1 km south. Ignace is located on the shore of Agimak Lake, Ontario 307.0 Highway Junction Junction of Highway #599, north to Sandbar Lake Ontario Provincial Park, The park features, sandy beach with and excellent walleye and pike fishing. Camping faclities: The park has 74 campsites, 28 of have electricity, comfort stations and showers. Laundromat Play Area, Boat Launch, french language services Canoes and kayaks retals. - North to communities of Silver Dollar, Ontario, O'Briens Landing, Ontario, Saqvant Lake, Ontario, New Osnaburgh, Ontario, Pickle Lake Ontario, Central Patricia, Ontario, Access to Ontario Provincial Police Detachment. 325.0 Green Pines Campground, Green Pines Campground R V Park, north side of highway. Ontario Page 3/5 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Sep-21 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 364.0 Entering the community of English River, Services, crossing the English River. The English River English River, Ontario flows through Lac Seul where it joins the Winnipeg River. The river is 615 km in length. There are several hydroelectric generating plants on this river. Tributaries of this river