Historical Highway 11 Photographs (1939 to 1949)
Left - New Lost River Bridge on Hwy 11 west of Kapuskasing (1939)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Centre - Grading and rock fill on the Nipigon-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) at Lake Helen (1939)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Right - Construction operations underway in 1941 on the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Opening ceremony of Hwy 11 between Nipigon and Geraldton (September 7, 1940)
Photo Courtesy of Archives of Ontario (Series RG-14-162-2, Hwy 11/17 Folder)
Above - A section of the new Nipigon-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) near Beardmore (1940)
Photo Courtesy of Archives of Ontario (Series RG-14-162-2-27, Photo #7)
Left - Postcard view of Hwy 11 at Jumping Caribou Lake (ca. 1940)
Right - Postcard view of the Nipigon-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) near Orient Bay (ca. 1940)
Left - Clearing the muskeg for the new Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) in 1941
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Centre - Temporary timber bridge at the Shekak River on Hearst-Geraldton Highway (1941)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Right - Another temporary timber bridge on the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) in 1941
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Left - Completed section of the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) in 1941 at the Nagagami River
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Centre - Graded section of the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) that had already been opened to traffic (1941)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Right - Completed section of the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) in 1942
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Left - Completed section of the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) in 1942
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Centre - Completed section of the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) in 1942
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Right - Completed section of the Hearst-Geraldton Highway (Hwy 11) in 1942
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Left - Postcard view of Longlac Railway Overhead on Hwy 11 (ca. 1943)
Right - Postcard view of new Hearst-Geraldton Highway (ca. 1943)
Left - New Frederickhouse River Bridge under construction in 1949. Note the old timber bridge at right.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Centre - New diversion of Hwy 11 located south of Lake Vernon near Huntsville (1949)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Right - Hwy 11 in the Temagami Provincial Forest Reserve at Angus Lake (1949)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - View of Hwy 11 facing south towards Severn Bridge (1949)
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Above - New junction of Hwy 11 & Hwy 69 south of Gravenhurst (June 9, 1949)
Photo Courtesy of Archives of Ontario (Series RG-14-162-5-121, Photo #327)
This photo shows the new junction of Hwy 11 and Hwy 69 on the first Gravenhurst Bypass, which opened in 1948. The original junction of these two highways was located in downtown Gravenhurst. This intersection can still be found today just north of the current Hwy 11 interchange, adjacent to the Gravenhurst McDonald's restaurant. Click here to see a present day view of this intersection.
