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Yonge Street
 
By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2024
Rainy River Tourist Information Center
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1 ► Ontario, Rainy River District, Rainy River — Yonge Street —
On Atwood Avenue (Provincial Highway 11) at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Atwood Avenue.
Longest Street in the World 1896 km — — Map (db m255001) HM
2 ► Ontario, York Region, Richmond Hill — Yonge Street / Rue Yonge —
On Yonge Street (York Regional Road 1) just north of Townwood Drive, on the right when traveling north.
[English]  This highway was planned by the first governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe, as a military and commercial route between Lakes Ontario and Huron. Begun in 1795 by the Queen's Rangers it was cut through to Lake . . . — — Map (db m254281) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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