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This page contains present day photos (Year 2000 to date) of Ontario's King's Highway 17, arranged by location from Dryden
westerly to Vermilion Bay. All photographs displayed on this page were taken by the Webmaster (Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted otherwise. Click on any
thumbnail to see a larger image!
Please note that all photographs displayed on this
website are protected by copyright. These photographs must not be reproduced, published,
electronically stored or copied, distributed, or posted onto other websites without
my written permission. If you want to use photos from this website, please
email me first for permission. Thank-you!
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Page 38: Present Day King's Highway 17 Photographs (Dryden to Vermilion Bay)
Left - Facing west along Hwy 17 towards Vermilion Bay near the Hwy 665 Junction west of Dryden. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east along Hwy 17 towards Dryden near the Hwy 605 Junction east of Vermilion Bay. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Facing west towards the Beaver Creek Bridge on Hwy 17 between Dryden and Vermilion Bay. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on August 25, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Southern side of the Beaver Creek Bridge on Hwy 17. Structure completed in 1957. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Facing east along Hwy 17 towards Dryden at the Beaver Creek Bridge. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - The Beaver Creek Bridge is one of the few structures in MTO's Northwest Region that still retains its original steel handrails. Many structures in the Kenora area have had their original steel handrails replaced with box beam guide rails during bridge rehabilitation projects over the past 20 years. Box beam guide rails are widely used on highway bridges in Northwestern Ontario. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Northern side of the Beaver Creek Bridge on Hwy 17 between Dryden and Vermilion Bay. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing north along Hwy 105 from the Hwy 17 Junction at Vermilion Bay. It is a very lonely 175 km drive from Vermilion Bay to Red Lake along Hwy 105. This route was originally known as the Red Lake Road, but it was designated as Hwy 105 when the road was completed in 1947. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Facing west along Hwy 17 towards the Hwy 105 Junction at Vermilion Bay. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Junction assembly and distance signs at the end of Hwy 105 at Hwy 17. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Facing east along Hwy 17 towards the Hwy 105 Junction at Vermilion Bay. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing south along Hwy 105 towards the Hwy 17 Junction at Vermilion Bay. At this highway junction, Hwy 105 begins its long 175 km journey north to the distant gold mining communities of the Red Lake district. This highway forms the only road link to the Red Lake area. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Erroneous green guide sign approaching the Hwy 105 Junction on Hwy 17 at Vermilion Bay. On this sign, Hwy 105 is marked as a Secondary Highway, when it
is in fact a King's Highway. However, the subsequent guide sign at the highway junction (shown in the next photo) correctly marks Hwy 105 as a King's Highway. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on August 25, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Green guide sign marking the Hwy 105 Junction on Hwy 17 at Vermilion Bay. Hwy 105 is one of only two King's Highway routes which intersect Hwy 17 between the Hwy 11 Junction near Thunder Bay and the Hwy 71 Junction in Kenora. The only other route is Hwy 72, which connects to Hwy 17 at Dinorwic, just east of Dryden. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on September 1, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) |
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