Near Mallorytown in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Macdonald Cartier Freeway

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2018

1. The Macdonald Cartier Freeway Marker

Inscription. This plaque commemorates the completion of the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway 401), the longest freeway operated without tolls by a single highway authority in North America.

Covering 510 miles between Windsor on the United States border and the Ontario-Quebec boundary, it serves the richest economic region in Canada.

In January, 1965, it was named by The Honourable John P. Robarts, Prime Minister of Ontario, in honour of the two founding architects of the Confederation of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Georges-Etienne Cartier.

This site is located on the last section of construction consisting of 15 miles between Ivy lea and Highway 2, which was completed on October 11, 1968.

Erected by Ontario Department of Highways.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1965.

Location. 44° 29.352′ N, 75° 51.445′ W. Marker is near Mallorytown, Ontario, in Leeds and Grenville United Counties. It is on Provincial

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Highway 401, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the westbound travel plaza. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Mallorytown North Travel Plaza Be/Exits 675 & 687, Mallorytown ON K0E 1R0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Ontario

and specifically in Southeastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The “Remembrance Road” Memorial (approx. one kilometer away); Canada's First Glassworks (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); War Memorial (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); a different marker also named The Macdonald Cartier Freeway (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); Chimney Island (Bridge Island) (approx. 2.6 kilometers away); Mallorytown Glass Works (approx. 3.4 kilometers away); Dark Island (approx.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2018

2. The Macdonald Cartier Freeway Marker

5.5 kilometers away in the U.S.); Frederick Gilbert Bourne (approx. 5.5 kilometers away in the U.S.). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mallorytown.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . . Ontario Highway 401. (Submitted on October 9, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 424 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 9, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.