List of Ontario Historic Colonization Roads

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Old farm along the Opeongo Line.

The Historic Colonization Roads were roads created in the mid 19th century to open up or provide access to areas in Central and Eastern Ontario, Canada, for settlement and development. The Historic Colonization Roads were used by settlers much like modern-day highways to lead them towards areas for settlement, and in between towns already developed. Though many other roads in the province can be considered "Historic Colonization Roads" (Such as the Provincial Road, now former Highway 2, and Talbot Trail, now modern-day Highway 3), they are not designated as such.

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3 List of Colonization Roads
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The terrain these roads pass through is generally rugged with many hills and lakes. The location of many of these roads is in the Canadian Shield, and is among the most rugged terrain in all of Southern Ontario, as well as containing its highest elevations aside from Ishpatina Ridge.

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Most of the Historic Colonization Roads are not Provincially-controlled highways. Instead, the vast majority are along county roads, and local town/township roads. A few have even been converted into hiking trails and bike trails.

[edit] List of Colonization Roads

Below is a list of all the Historic Colonization Roads.

Colonization Road Name	Other Name(s)	Current Route Designations	Southern/Western Terminus	Northern/Eastern Terminus	Towns/Cities Served
Historic Addington Colonization Road	Highway 41	Highway 41, Lennox and Addington County Road 41	Intersection with Former Highway 2 in Napanee, or Erinsville?	Intersection with Highway 132 (Opeongo Line) 3 km west of Dacre	Napanee(?) Kaladar Dacre
Bobcaygeon Historic Colonization Road	Snowdon Road	Former Highway 121, now Kawartha Lakes County Road 121	Bobcaygeon	Highway 35, 5 km south of Minden	Bobcaygeon Minden
Hastings Historic Colonization Road	Old Hastings Road	Highway 62	Intersection with Highway 7 in Madoc	Intersection with Highway 28 (Monck Road) in Bancroft	Madoc Bancroft
Historic Lavant Colonization Road	South Lavant Road	Lanark County Road 16	Historical Snow Colonization Road	Former Highway 511	Lavant
Monck Historical Colonization Road	Monck Road	Simcoe Road 45, Kawartha Lakes County Road 45, Former Highway 503, Highway 118	Sebright	Highway 62 (Hastings Road) in Bancroft	Gooderham Tory Hill Bancroft
Nipissing Historical Colonization Road	Nipissing Road, Nipissing Road North, Old Nipissing Road, Rye Road	Highway 510	Highway 518 near Seguin Falls (ghost town). Technically, it extends south as the Nippising Trail down to Highway 141 near Rosseau	Highway 522 in Commanda	Rosseau
Historic Ottawa and Opeongo Colonization Road	Opeongo Line	Former Highway 512, Renfrew County Road 64, Highway 132	Highway 60, 8 km east of Barry's Bay	Renfrew	Barry's Bay Foymount Dacre Renfrew
Parry Sound Historical Colonization Road	Horseshoe Lake Road, Highway 141, Raymond Road, Manitoba Street	Highway 400/Highway 69, Highway 141, Muskoka District Road 35, Muskoka District Road 4	Parry Sound	Bracebridge	Parry Sound Horseshoe Lake Rosseau Bracebridge
Historic Peterson Colonization Road	Peterson Road, Hastings County Road 62, Old Highway 62	County Road 62	Haliburton/Hastings county boundary	Combermere	Maynooth Combermere
Historic Snow Colonization Road	Road 506, Road 509, Snow Road, Snow Village Road, Maberly-Elphin Road	Former Highway 506, Former Highway 509, Frontenac County Road 36, Lanark County Road 36	Intersection with Highway 41 / Historic Addington Colonization Road	Intersection with Highway 7 in Maberly	Snow Road Station Elphin Maberly
Victoria Historical Colonization Road	Victoria Road	Kawartha Lakes County Road 35	Highway 48 (Now KL Road 35) in Victoria Road, Ontario	Uphill, Ontario, meets up with Monck Historical Colonization Road.	No major towns
Historic Frontenac Colonization Road	Unknown	Unknown	?	?	?
The Huron Road ("A Heritage Highway")	Unknown	Unknown	?	?	?