Secondary Highway 516, commonly referred to as Highway 516, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian

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 province of Ontario

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. The highway is 103.8 kilometres (64.5 mi) in length, connecting Highway 642 near Sioux Lookout with Highway 599 north of Savant Lake.

Route description

Highway 516 is a rather remote highway with no communities along its 104 kilometres (65 mi) route. It serves as a link between Sioux Lookout and Highway 599. The route begins east of Sioux Lookout at an intersection with Highway 642, which itself travels west through the town to Highway 72. The road which carries Highway 516 continues south of the intersection as Mill Street. North of the intersection, the highway passes east of Sioux Lookout Airport. The highway then enters a deep forest where it veers around numerous lakes and divides vast muskeg

Muskeg

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. The highway serves as an access route to logging and industrial roads which travel deeper into the forest. The highway ends over 100 kilometre east of Sioux Lookout at Highway 599, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Savant Lake.

Highway 516 crosses the Marchington River

Marchington River (Ontario)

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 approximately 40 km (25 mi) from Sioux Lookout.

History

In the early 1970s, there was a previous road with the designation of Secondary Highway 516. This was eliminated in 1974, when Muskoka District became a District Municipality, and re-classified its Secondary Highways with District Roads.

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 516.

Division	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Kenora District	Sioux Lookout	0.0
		2.0	Airport Road
	Unorganized Kenora District	30.1	Vermilion Bay Road
		41.2		Marchington River Bridge
Thunder Bay District Thunder Bay District Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay....	Unorganized Thunder Bay District	62.1	Stanzhikimi Lake Road
		88.2	Bowl Lake Road
		103.8