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List of secondary highways in Rainy River District

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2023
Entity authorityQ6638065 ↗
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This is a list of secondary highways in Rainy River District, most of which serve isolated and sparsely populated areas in the Rainy River District of northwestern Ontario.

Highway 502

Highway 600

Provincial Highway 600 is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its total length is 86.4 kilometres (53.7 mi). Its western terminus is Highway 11 in Rainy River, and its eastern terminus is at Highway 71. It is also one of only a few Ontario highways that are still gravel.

Highway 602

Highway 602 is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its total length is 44.6 kilometres (27.7 mi). Its western terminus is Highway 11 in Emo, and its eastern terminus is at Highway 71 in Fort Frances.

Highway 611

Highway 613

Secondary Highway 613 is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its total length is 39.9 kilometres (24.8 mi).

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