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This page contains historical and present day photos of Ontario's King's Highway 106. All photographs displayed on
this page were taken by the Webmaster (Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted otherwise. Historical photographs are arranged in approximate chronological order,
while present day photographs (Year 2000 to date) are arranged by location from west to east. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
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Historical King's Highway 106 Photographs
Above - Newly-installed Harry Martyn Memorial on Hwy 2 at Welcome Corners near Port Hope in 1943. This monument commemorated the public service of long-time
Welcome Corners' resident Harry Martyn, who held the honour of being the very first highway patrolman employed by the Department of Public Highways. The monument was
placed within a roadside park situated on the site of a former blacksmith shop where Harry Martyn was employed prior to joining the Highways Department in 1918. The
boulder which was used for the monument was sourced locally from the roadside in the Welcome area. This monument still stands at Welcome Corners to this day. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1943. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1943) 
Above - Facing west along Hwy 2 approaching the Hwy 106 Junction at Welcome, near Port Hope. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in July 1986. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2016) |
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Present Day King's Highway 106 Photographs
Left - Approaching Welcome on Hwy 2, facing east from Kellogg Road. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Historically, the small community of Welcome was also known as "Welcome Corners". See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Green guide sign marking the upcoming eastbound Hwy 2 turn-off to Port Hope at Welcome. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Guide sign marking the Northumberland County Road 74 Junction on eastbound Hwy 2 at Welcome. Until the late 1980s, County Road 74 was known as King's Highway 106. This short provincial highway connected Hwy 2 at Welcome to Hwy 28 at Dale. Historically, the route of Hwy 106 formed an important link in the highway route between Toronto and Peterborough. After the completion of the (much shorter) route of Hwy 115 to Peterborough in 1954, Hwy 106 become significantly less travelled. Ultimately, ownership of Hwy 106 was transferred from the province to the County of Northumberland in 1989, who subsequently renamed the former King's Highway as County Road 74. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Facing east along Hwy 2 at Welcome. At the intersection, Hwy 2 turns right and continues east towards Port Hope, while Former Hwy 106 (now County Road 74)
continues straight ahead towards Hwy 28 at Dale. The right-of-way at this highway junction is rather unusual. The eastbound movement on Hwy 2 seen here is not under
Stop control, but all other approaches to the junction are required to stop and yield right-of-way to others before entering the intersection. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing west along Hwy 2 towards Newcastle from the Former Hwy 106 Junction at Welcome. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Approaching Welcome on Former Hwy 106 (County Road 74), facing west towards the Hwy 2 Junction. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east towards Dale along Former Hwy 106 (County Road 74) from Welcome. This road was first assumed by the province as a provincial highway in 1922. The highway served as an important cut-off route for Hwy 2 traffic bound for Peterborough via Hwy 28. The Welcome-Dale Road was ultimately assigned the Hwy 106 route number in the early 1950s. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Above - In 1943, a small stone monument was erected north of Port Hope in the hamlet of Welcome, as a memorial to Harry Martyn, the first patrolman
on Ontario's Highways. The pink granite boulder was engraved with the Department of Highways shield, and a special tribute to Harry Martyn. The Department
of Highways placed this monument on the southeast corner of the Hwy 2 and Hwy 106 (Now County Road 74) intersection in Welcome. I would like to take this
opportunity to extend special thanks to Larry Paradis for first informing me of the existence of this interesting historic monument. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on May 20, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers)
Below - Close-up of the tribute to Harry Martyn. The text reads:
"IN MEMORY OF
HARRY MARTYN 1865-1937 THE FIRST PATROLMAN ON THE KING'S HIGHWAYS OF ONTARIO 1918-1934" 
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - View of Welcome Corners from the Harry Martyn Monument. Although it is a relatively sleepy crossroads hamlet today, Welcome was once the gateway to
Eastern Ontario. Until the completion of Hwy 115 to Peterborough in 1954 and Hwy 401 to Port Hope in 1960, virtually all traffic from Toronto bound for Eastern
Ontario passed through this highway junction. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Approaching the highway junction at Welcome on westbound Hwy 2. At the intersection, Hwy 2 turns left, while Former Hwy 106 (County Road 74) turns right. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Green guide sign marking the westbound Hwy 2 turn-off to Newcastle at Welcome. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east along Hwy 2 towards Port Hope from Welcome. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Distance guide sign on eastbound Hwy 2 at Welcome. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Approaching Welcome on Hwy 2, facing west towards the Former Hwy 106 Junction. Compare this present-day photo of Welcome with this Historic 1986 Photo, taken from the same location roughly 30 years earlier before Hwy 2 and Hwy 106 were decommissioned as King's Highways. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 24, 2016 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Above - Approaching the Hwy 28 Junction on Northumberland Road 74 (Formerly Hwy 106), facing east. The two highways intersect at Dale, located about 2 km north
of Port Hope. At one time, Hwy 106 provided a short but important highway link between Hwy 2 and Hwy 28, as it essentially formed a bypass around Port Hope. Once
Hwy 401 was completed between Newcastle and Port Hope in 1960, traffic volumes on Hwy 2 dropped considerably. Most long-distance through traffic began to use Hwy 401
instead. Accordingly, Hwy 106 became a far less important highway which served only local traffic. In the late 1980s, jurisdiction over Hwy 106 was transferred to the
County of Northumberland and was subsequently renamed County Road 74. In 1998, provincial jurisdiction over Hwy 28 between Port Hope and Peterborough also ceased. This
southern section of Hwy 28 is now maintained by the Counties of Northumberland and Peterborough. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 31, 2012 - © Cameron Bevers)
More King's Highway 106 Photographs Coming Soon!
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