Hwy 812 Quick Facts:
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 Tertiary Highway 812 Sign Image courtesy of Jamie Malecki |
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Tertiary Highway 812 was a temporary designation applied to the new highway that was under
construction between Fort Frances and Dryden in the 1970s and early 1980s. Construction began
on the new highway in 1971 at the Fort Frances end of the proposed route. For the first few
years, the new highway did not have a route number, as the designation of Hwy 812 was not
assigned to the route until 1976. Construction began at the Dryden end of the highway in 1976,
and by 1979, the two construction projects had linked up with one another in the area of
Upper Manitou Lake. The new highway was completed, paved, and officially opened to
traffic in 1980. The highway was renumbered from Hwy 812 to Hwy 502 in early 1981. Click
here
to see a route map of Hwy 812, showing historical re-routings and realignments.
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