Major Mackenzie Drive
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| York Regional Road 25 | |||||||||
| Maintained by | Region of York | ||||||||
| Length | 77.3 km (48.0 mi)[1] | ||||||||
| Location | Vaughan Richmond Hill Markham Brampton | ||||||||
| West end |  (Former) Highway 50 In Brampton / Vaughan | ||||||||
| Major junctions |  (Former) Highway 27Kipling Avenue  Islington Avenue Weston Road Highway 400 Jane Street Keele Street Dufferin Street Bathurst Street Yonge Street Bayview Avenue Leslie Street  Highway 404  Woodbine Avenue Warden Avenue Kennedy Road McCowan Road Markham Road Donald Cousens Parkway | ||||||||
| East end |  York-Durham Line In Markham / Pickering | ||||||||
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Major Mackenzie Drive is a major east-west arterial road in southern York Region, Ontario, Canada. The road was formerly a rural road, but with growth in York Region expanding beyond Highway 7, the road is now heavily travelled and becoming more of an urban thoroughfare.
History[edit]
The road was laid out during the planning by early settlers in the region to divide the land into farms. Much of the farmland is now gone, as residential development expands in York Region towards the north. Environmentalist and urban planners want the region and province to halt the development of land north of the street and in particular to the well-being of the Oak Ridges Moraine.
The road was named after Major Addison Alexander MacKenzie, a former local politician and World War I veteran.[2]
Streets to the north and south of Major Mackenzie Drive:[edit]
- ^ "Steeles Ave. route". Google Maps. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/fonds/ON00370-f0000347.htm