Ontario Highway 804
highway in Ontario, Canada
Tertiary Highway 804, commonly referred to as Highway 804, is a provincially maintained access road in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District. The 21.4 kilometres (13.3 mi) route provides access to the Lower Manitou Falls Generating Station from Highway 105 near Ear Falls. Highway 804 was designated in 1962 and has remained unchanged since then.
Route description
Highway 804 is 21.4 kilometres (13.3 mi) long, and connects Highway 105 south of the town of Ear Falls with the hydroelectric dam at Lower Manitou Falls. The short highway travels entirely through an uninhabited forested region dotted with lakes and swamps. Near the western end of the route, a logging road branches northwest that provides a rough and winding connection to Highway 658 as well as to the northern terminus of Highway 105 in Red Lake.
On an average day, only 60 vehicles travel along the highway.
Highway 804 is located within Kenora District, in territory that has not been organised into geographic townships.
History
Highway 804 was designated on April 25, 1962.
It was paved in 1969.
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