Cantley's 1889 Articles in The Echo of Cantley

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Cantley 1889’s volunteers have written more than 150 monthly articles of local historical interest for publication in The Echo of Cantley, a non-profit bilingual organization that produces Cantley's only community newspaper.

The following article is reprinted here with permission from in The Echo of Cantley, Volume 30 no 4, October 2018.

Highway 307 – speed limit history

Margaret Phillips

Thanks to the memories of Gary Blackburn

During a more tranquilera, many farmers used Cantley’s main road to drive their cows to pasture. In the background is the McClelland farm, circa 1930, at 1045 Montée de la Source. Photo provided by Bob and Sue McClelland.

Everyone called it “The Old Cantley Road”. Gary Blackburn remembers a time when it was fun to drive on this narrow, gravelhighway, and the speed limit was 90 miles/hour. No paving crews, no construction, no problems exiting the side roads... no traffic jams!

When the road was paved in the early 1960’s the speed limit was 50 miles/hour. In September 1977, Canadian speed limit signs changed to metric so the speed limit became 90 km/hour. When the name changed to Montée de la Source, the speed limit was further reduced to 70 km/hour.

Allthat is history now with the new 60 km/hour speed limit on the busiest stretch of the road.

Ahhh... for the good ol’ days when driving was fast and fun... and you could also drive your cows safely... on the Old Cantley Road!


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