History of Secondary Highway 549:
Secondary Highway 549 was a local highway that once connected Lake Panache to Highway 17 near Whitefish, located southwest of Sudbury. The Lake Panache Road was first
shown on a Preliminary Route Plan dated May 1956. The entire route was designated by an Order-in-Council dated May 9, 1956. Highway 549 was paved from the Highway 17
Junction to the Vermilion River Bridge in 1972, and the rest of the highway was paved in 1980. The entire route of Highway 549 was transferred from the province to
the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, effective December 20, 1984. The road is known today as Sudbury Road 10.
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