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Ontario Trivia: The Ontario Road to James Bay that
never was built.
The Arctic- Tropic Overland Trail was dreamed up in 1916, intended to
run from Miami to James Bay in northern Ontario. Michigan's proposed portion
included contemporary U.S. 23 from Toledo to Saginaw, U.S. 10 from Saginaw
to Clare, U.S. 27 from Clare to Grayling and I-75 to
Sault Ste. Marie. The Ontario portion never was built.
"A Drive Down Memory Lane: The Named State and Federal Highways
of Michigan," by LeRoy Barnett
Ontario's First Road Builder
Credit to Ontario's first road builder should go to John Graves Simcoe
the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, or what we know today as
Southern Ontario. One of his first tasks was to build roads north into
the Georgian Bay area as there was a need to develop Military outposts
in anticipation of the upcoming disputes over borders with the Americans,
following the American Revolution The development of Highway 11 North
was the first military Highway from Toronto to Lake Toronto, or what is
known today as Lake Simcoe. For more information on John Graves Simcoe
go to
www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/simcoe/john.htm
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