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 of 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 chosen 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	Dresden	Still Signed
Algonquin Trail	Newcastle	Napanee at Highway 401 (Exit 579)	Unknown
Deer Trail Route	Serpent River	Serpent River	A long, circular route, passing through the city of Elliot Lake in Northern Ontario.
Frontier Route	Manitoba-Ontario Boundary	Highway 400 in Barrie	Unknown. Travels along Highway 17 to Nipigon, then along Highway 11 to its southern terminus in Barrie.
Golden Highway	Timmins	Quebec provincial boundary (continues to Val-d'Or)	Probably still signed
Great River Road	Kenora (with the main branch going through Fort Frances and along Highway 502 to Dryden)	Dryden (Main branch), Rainy River (secondary branch)	Unknown, but most likely still signed.
Heritage Highway	Niagara Falls	Gaspe, Quebec, with an offshoot along Highway 3 to Windsor, along Highways 11 and 17 to Sault Ste. Marie, and along Former Highway 2, sharing the entire Loyalist Parkway route.	Signed concurrently with the Loyalist Parkway and Frontier Routes. Also has a spur along former Highway 18 from Windsor to Leamington. One faded sign spotted west of Kingston, this portion of the Trail is not signed.
Lake Nipissing Circle Tour	North Bay	North Bay, Ontario (Circular Routing)	Unknown.
Loyalist Parkway	Trenton	Kingston	Still Signed
Oil Heritage Route	Highway 402/Highway 21 Interchange	Dresden	Possibly still signed, follows Highway 21
Talbot Trail	Windsor	Fort Erie	Signed at least through east Elgin County, Ontario, probably signed the whole length
Terry Fox Courage Highway	Thunder Bay	Nipigon	Still signed, in memory of Terry Fox.
Voyageur Route	Kenora	Fort Frances	Sparsely signed. 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	Prince Edward County	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	Fort Erie	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 Highway 3 between Leamington, Ontario and Wheatley, Ontario. Signs near LaSalle are blue instead of green.
Lake Huron Circle Tour			Still signed
Lake Superior Circle Tour			Still signed
Lake Ontario Circle Tour and Seaway Trail			Still signed
Great Lakes Circle Tour			Still signed
Bluewater Route	Forest	Owen Sound	Still signed in parts?