Ontario Highway 529

Secondary Highway 529, commonly referred to as Highway 529, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located within Parry Sound District, the highway follows a 25.7-kilometre (16.0 mi) route, from its southern terminus at Highway 69 near Pointe au Baril to its northern terminus at the Highway 69 crossing of the Magnetawan River near Byng Inlet. Two spur routes, Highway 529A and Highway 645, branch off the highway to serve the communities of Bayfield Inlet and Byng Inlet, respectively. The route was established along the present alignment of Highway 529A in 1956. It was relocated in 1961 along the former routing of Highway 69 when a bypass opened through the area, with the former alignment being renumbered as Highway 529A.

Highway 529
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length	25.7 km[1] (16.0 mi)
Existed	May 9, 1956[2][3][4]–present
Major junctions
South end	Highway 69 near Pointe au Baril
North end	Highway 69 at Magnetawan River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Districts	Parry Sound
Major cities	Manbert, Naiscoot, Naiscoutaing
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways Current Former 400-series
← Highway 528 → Highway 529A

Route description

Highway 529 begins in the south in The Archipelago at Highway 69, which it generally parallels several kilometres to the west, immediately north of Pointe au Baril. The route crosses the Canadian Pacific (CP) railway line which lay between the two routes before curving north near the entrance to Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park. It zigzags to the north and west through forests and rocks, intersecting the eastern terminus of Highway 529A before curving back east and then north. The route enters the Shawanaga First Nation reserve and crosses the Naiscoot River before jogging east. The remainder of the route follows traverse lines as it proceeds north into the township of Wallbridge, passing east of Giroux Lake. It encounters the Magnetawan First Nation reserve No. 1, within which is an intersection with the eastern terminus of Highway 645. The route curves northeast and crosses the CP railway a second time before ending at Highway 69 just south of its crossing of the Magnetawan River.^[5][6]

Highway 529 is 25.7 kilometres (16.0 mi) in length and serves the communities of Manbert, Naiscoot and Naiscoutaing. It is paved in its entirety. Two spur routes, Highway 529A and Highway 645, branch off the highway to serve the communities of Bayfield Inlet and Byng Inlet, respectively.^[1][5]

History

Highway 529 is a former alignment of Highway 69. The route was established on May 9, 1956 when the Department of Highways (DHO), predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation (MTO), assumed control of the Bayfield Road.^[2][3][4] This original section was renumbered in 1961 as Highway 529A. A new bypass of the original route of Highway 69 between Pointe-au-Baril and the Magnetewan River was opened that year, and consequently the old alignment was renumbered as Highway 529.^[7][8]

In the freeway conversion plans for Highway 69 through the Pointe au Baril area, a new bypass will be built and Highway 529 will assume the current route of Highway 69 through the community, extending the length of the highway by approximately four kilometres to a new interchange with what will become Highway 400.^[9]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 529, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.^[1] The entire route is located in Parry Sound District.^[5] 

Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
The Archipelago	0.0	0.0	Highway 69 south – Parry Sound	Trans-Canada Highway
	6.8	4.2	Highway 529A – Bayfield Inlet
Magnetawan First Nation	23.7	14.7	Highway 645 – Byng Inlet
	25.8	16.0	Highway 69 north – Sudbury	Trans-Canada Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved February 1, 2021.
2. Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1956. §§ O32.
3. Ontario Department of Highways (March 31, 1956). "Appendix No. 3C - Schedule of Plans Designating the King's Highways". Annual Report for the Fiscal Year (Report). p. 223.
4. "Ontario Secondary Roads Now Designated 500, 600". Vol. 112, no. 33, 119. The Globe and Mail. February 4, 1956. p. 4. Two new Ontario road numbers appear on the province's 1956 official road map which will be ready for distribution next week. The new numbers are the 500 and 600 series and designate hundreds of miles of secondary roads which are wholly maintained by the Highways Department. More than 100 secondary roads will have their own numbers and signs this year. All of these secondary roads were taken into the province's main highways system because they form important connecting links with the King's Highways
5. Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. Peter Heiler. 2010. p. 74–75. § L23–N24. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
6. "Highway 645 - length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
7. Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1960. §§ O31–32.
8. Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1961. §§ O31–32.
9. Highway 69: Four-Laning Detail Design, Highway 559 Northerly to the Shawanaga River. McCormick Rankin Corporation.

External links

• Photos of Highway 529 at AsphaltPlanet.ca