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Ontario numbered highway system (the Provincial Highway was assembled from smaller intercity roads in 1917-1918 and the tolls removed); at the time, each section was maintained by local companies as a gravel stagecoach road. There were no motorcars, no 18-wheel lorries, no kilometres and no 401 in this era. The distances are in miles and are Roman numerals.
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Originally a muddy horse path, this was converted to toll road and macadamised (as a form of gravel road) in the late 1830s. The stones are engraved on two of the four faces; facing southwest 'N' and the number of miles to Napanee, facing southeast 'K' and the miles to Kingston. These predate the
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One of the original milestones is still extant in the former Kingston Township at the northeast corner of Princess Street (old Highway 2) and Collins Bay Road, "K - V": Kingston mile 5. Others are still standing in Lennox and Addington counties in rural areas.
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Mile 0 on this 23-mile portion of the 1817 York Road (Ontario Highway 2) from Napanee was near the centre of town (Dundas and Centre, Hwy 2/41) and from Kingston was at the former highway 2/33 crossroads (Princess and Bath), then outside the city.
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A sign at Kingston 5 (Napanee 18) indicates these as: "Original milestone Kingston-Napanee toll road First Macadamized highway in Canada Commenced 1837
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