Ontario Tourist Routes

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Ontario has several Tourist Routes, throughout the province, showing places of cultural, environmental, or social importance.

It is currently unknown if the majority of these trails are still listed since many of the provincial highways of ontario were downloaded in 1997 and 1998, as the Tourist Trails followed the provincial highways for the majority fo their length, although they did travel along county roads and municipal/local streets as well. Although many municipalities, cities, and counties still sign these tourist routes, others may have chose to discontinue them with the highways they followed, rendering them as historical footnotes. If you intend on driving along one of these routes, please bring an up-to-date road map, as these routes may not be listed. Routes that are still signed are specified.

[edit] List of Ontario Tourist Routes:

Trail Name	Start Terminus	End Terminus	Comments
African-Canadian Heritage Tour	Windsor, Ontario	Dresden, Ontario	Still Signed
Algonquin Trail	Newcastle, Ontario	Napanee, Ontario at Kings Highway 401 (Exit 579)	Unknown
Deer Trail Route	Serpent River, Ontario	Serpent River, Ontario	A long, circular route, passing through the city of Elliot Lake, Ontario in Northern Ontario.
Frontier Route	Manitoba-Ontario Boundary	Highway 400 in Barrie	Unknown. Travels along Kings Highway 17 to Nipigon, then along Highway 11 to its southern terminus in Barrie.
Golden Highway (Ontario)	Timmins, Ontario	Quebec provincial boundary (continues to Val d'Or, Quebec)	Probably still signed
Great River Road	Kenora, Ontario (with the main branch going through Fort Frances, Ontario and along Secondary Highway 502 to Dryden, Ontario)	Dryden (Main branch), Rainy River, Ontario (secondary branch)	Unknown, but most likely still signed.
Heritage Highway	Niagara Falls, Ontario	Gaspe, Quebec, with an offshoot along Kings Highway 3 to Windsor, along Highways 11 and 17 to Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, and along Former Kings Highway 2, sharing the entire Loyalist Parkway route.	Signed concurrently with the Loyalist Parkway and Frontier Routes. Also has a spur along former Kings Highway 18 from Windsor to Leamington, Ontario.
Lake Nipissing Circle Tour	North Bay, Ontario	North Bay, Ontario (Circular Routing)	Unknown.
Loyalist Parkway	Trenton, Ontario	Amherstview, Ontario	Still Signed
Oil Heritage Route	Kings Highway 402/Kings Highway 21 Interchange	Dresden, Ontario	Possibly still signed, follows Highway 21
Talbot Trail	Windsor, Ontario	Fort Erie, Ontario	Signed until at least Wheatley, Ontario, probably signed the whole length
Terry Fox Courage Highway	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Nipigon, Ontario	Still signed, in memory of Terry Fox.
Voyageur Route	Kenora, Ontario	Fort Frances, Ontario	Unknown. Only one sign remains posted on Highway 17, at a section which is not even a part of this route.
Welland Canal Route	Queen Elizabeth Way/Highway 406 Interchange	Highway 58/RR 3 Intersection	Still signed
Wine Route of Ontario	Windsor, Ontario	Prince Edward County, Ontario	Still signed in Essex County, well signed in Niagara and Prince Edward County. Wine Route has many different sections, and each sections has many routings onto itself.
Lake Erie Circle Tour	Windsor, Ontario	Fort Erie, Ontario	Ontario supposedly did not take part in the Lake Erie Circle Tour, but some signs are still found around the Windsor and La Salle, Ontario areas, and on Former Kings Highway 3 between Leamington, Ontario and Wheatley, Ontario.
Lake Huron Circle Tour			Still signed
Lake Superior Circle Tour			Still signed