SIMCOE COUNTY , ONTARIO
A BRIEF HISTORY : THE ORIGINAL ROAD WAS BUILT IN THE 1930'S ONTOP OF A DIKE SEPERATING THE CANAL FROM THE HOLLAND MARSH...IT WAS INTENDED TO SERVICE THE ADJACENT FARMS IN THE AREA...AROUND 1954 THE CANAL WAS WIDENED...THE ROAD WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR ITS USE TODAY AS THERE ARE NO LIGHTS OR GAURDRAILS...THERE HAVE BEEN 19 DEATHS IN THE PAST 52 YEARS ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROAD INCLUDING MANY OTHER VECHILES GOING INTO THE CANAL AND THE PEOPLE SURVIVING...THE LATEST FATALITIES BEING IN JANUARY 2006 WHERE A YOUNG MOTHER AND SON  LOST THEIR LIVES....
...WE ARE NOT GOING THERE TO INVESTIGATE THE RECENT TRADGIDY...ITS THE HISTORY OF ALL THAT HAS OCCURED ON THIS ROAD...WE ARE ONLY GOING TO SEE  HOW DANGEROUS THIS PIECE OF ROAD ACTUALLY IS....
....WE WENT TO SEE THIS ROAD ON JULY 22 , 2006....ONLY 2 DAYS BEFORE , A TRUCK HAD GONE INTO THE CANAL AND THE DRIVER SURVIVED....I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THIS PLACE MUST BE LIKE IN THE WINTER ......
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