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This page contains present day photos (Year 2000 to date) of Ontario's King's Highway 6, arranged by location from Wiarton
northerly to Tobermory. All photographs displayed on this page were taken by the Webmaster (Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted otherwise. Click on any
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Page 14: Present Day King's Highway 6 Photographs (Wiarton to Tobermory)
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Left - This portion of Clarke's Road northwest of Lion's Head was once a part of Hwy 6. This was one of many original sections of Hwy 6 which were bypassed by
the construction of the Lindsay Township Diversion in 1959-1960. Although it is a hard-surfaced road, the pavement on this former section of Hwy 6 is narrow and the
road has poor vertical alignment with hidden dips. This is how early Hwy 6 motorists would have remembered the drive up to Tobermory, prior to the completion of the
diversion in 1960. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - This old Department of Northern Development bridge over Spring Creek on Ira Lake Road likely dates from the early 1930s. This township road was the original route of Hwy 6 from 1937 up until 1960, when it was bypassed by the current alignment of Hwy 6 (Lindsay Township Diversion). See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - View of Old Hwy 6 (Ira Lake Road) at the Spring Creek Bridge, facing south. This former alignment of Hwy 6 gives observers some insight as to how narrow
this highway actually was up until the early 1960s. In fact, the road surface along Hwy 6 was so narrow in some places near Tobermory that the highway effectively
operated as a single-lane road. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing north towards the current route of Hwy 6 on Ira Lake Road at Spring Creek. This photo provides us with some reminder of what Hwy 6 used to look like in decades past, when it was a narrow, gravel-surfaced highway. It wasn't until 1963 that motorists could enjoy travel between Wiarton and Tobermory on a route which was paved in its entirety. Today, travel up the Bruce Peninsula along Hwy 6 is relatively effortless, a far cry from the early days when travel to Tobermory was slow, long and difficult. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - View of Old Hwy 6 (Brinkmans Road) facing north towards Tobermory. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing south along Brinkmans Road (Old Hwy 6) near Miller Lake. This was the original route of Hwy 6 up the Bruce Peninsula until a diversion was constructed north of Miller Lake in 1955. Since it was no longer needed in the provincial highway network once the diversion opened to traffic, this bypassed loop of Hwy 6 subsequently reverted back to municipal control in the mid-1950s. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - This portion of Brinkmans Road south of Tobermory was once a portion of Hwy 6. Jurisdiction over this former alignment of Hwy 6 was transferred from the
DHO to the Township of Lindsay in October 1955. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - Facing north along Hwy 6 from Carlton Street in Tobermory. Note the unusual Hwy 6 sign at right, with the "through" arrow. This sign was presumably
placed at this intersection in order to provide additional guidance for motorists, since Carlton Street only carries one-way traffic (westbound) departing from the
Tobermory Ferry Dock. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - Approaching Front Street on Hwy 6 in Tobermory. The route of Hwy 6 turns right at the intersection and follows Front Street to the Tobermory Ferry Dock.
See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - These parking lanes along the right-hand side of Front Street hold Hwy 6 traffic waiting for the ferry's departure. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Leaving the Tobermory Ferry Dock on Hwy 6 (Front Street), heading south towards Owen Sound. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photograph taken on June 14, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - View of the Tobermory Ferry Dock at the end of the Southern Ontario portion of Hwy 6. The rest of Hwy 6 lies across Lake Huron on Manitoulin Island and a section of the mainland in Northeastern Ontario. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]()
Above - Tobermory's Little Tub Harbour is home to the Chi-Cheemaun Ferry to Manitoulin Island. This ferry can be seen leaving port in the far background,
carrying traffic from Tobermory to the Manitoulin Island portion of Hwy 6. The seasonal ferry service only runs from May to October. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on June 13, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)
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