History of King's Highway 82: King's Highway 82 was a short
connector highway which once linked Highway 7 south of Thedford
to Highway 21 at Port Franks. Highway 82 was created out of a
major route renumbering which took place in the Forest area in
1938. In an effort to simplify route numbering in the area,
Highway 21 was redesignated along a new route via Forest,
instead of its old route via Thedford and Arkona. The new
Highway 21 route via Forest was previously designated as Highway
21A. Most of the old route of Highway 21 via Arkona was routed
concurrently with Highway 7, so the multiplexed Highway 21
designation was simply removed from the route of Highway 7.
However, the old section of Highway 21 that ran through Thedford
suddenly had no route number. In order to provide a route number
for this disjointed section of highway through Thedford, the
Department of Highways assigned the King's Highway 82
designation to this short route. Highway 82 was paved in its
entirety in 1945. In 1981, another major route