Ontario Highway 71

Ontario Highway 71

King's Highway 71, commonly referred to as Highway 71, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 194-kilometre (121 mi) route travels concurrently with Highway 11 for 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge in Fort Frances, where it continues south as U.S. Route 71 in Minnesota, to Chapple. From there, Highway 71 travels north for 154 kilometres (96 mi) to a junction with Highway 17 just east of Kenora. Highway 71 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway for its entire length.

The current routing of Highway 71 was created out of a route renumbering that took place on April 1, 1960 to extend Highway 11 from Thunder Bay to Rainy River. The portion of the highway that is concurrent with Highway 11 follows the Cloverleaf Trail, which was constructed by the end of 1880s and improved over the next several decades. The portion between Highway 11 and Highway 17 follows the Heenan Highway, which was constructed to connect the Rainy River region with Kenora and the remainder of Ontario's road network; prior to its opening the area was accessible only via the United States. Both highways were incorporated into the provincial highway system in 1937 following the merger of the Department of Highways (DHO) and the Department of Northern Development.

Read more about Ontario Highway 71:  Route Description, History, Major Intersections

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