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Ontario Highway 51 (#2) Quick Facts:
  • Years in Existence: 1970-1997
  • Current Status: Decommissioned in 1997
  • Current Names: Chatham-Kent Road 15 & Chatham-Kent Road 17
  • Location: Southern Ontario
  • Counties Served: Kent (Chatham-Kent)
  • Towns Served: None
  • Southern Terminus: Rondeau Provincial Park Entrance
  • Northern Terminus: Hwy 3 - Eatonville
  • Length in 1993 (Before Downloading): 5.8 km / 3.6 miles
HWY 51 ROUTE MARKER
King's Highway 51 Sign © Cameron Bevers

History of King's Highway 51 (#2):

The second King's Highway 51 was a local highway southeast of Chatham, which connected Highway 3 at Eatonville with Rondeau Provincial Park on Lake Erie. The history of Highway 51 dates back to 1970, when the Department of Highways of Ontario (DHO) assumed jurisdiction and control over a section of Kent County Road 15. An Assumption Plan was prepared by the DHO dated April 3, 1970, which showed the proposed assumption of Kent County Road 15 from Highway 3 southerly to Rondeau Provincial Park as a new provincial highway. The plan was registered on April 9, 1970, and the new route was formally designated as King's Highway 51 by an Order-in-Council, effective May 21, 1970. This diminutive highway was only 5.8 km in length, and lasted in the King's Highway System for only 27 years. Jurisdiction over the entire route of Highway 51 was transferred from the province to the County of Kent (now the Municipality of Chatham-Kent) effective March 31, 1997. The road is now officially known as Chatham-Kent Road 15 & Chatham-Kent Road 17. Please visit the Highway 51 Mileage Chart page for a list of mileage reference points along Highway 51. A different, unrelated Highway 51 existed near Caledon from 1938 until 1961.





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