within nipigon, highway 11 and highway 17 cross the nipigon river on the nipigon river bridge. along with the railway crossing immediately to the south, and another on the northern shore of lake nipigon, this forms the narrowest bottleneck in canada between the atlantic and pacific oceans. on the eastern shore of the river, highway 11 separates and travels north towards geraldton and hearst. highway 17 continues east along the northern shore of lake superior. near white river, the highway enters algoma district and turns southward. it meets the western terminus of highway 101 near wawa, which provides for a shorter route to sudbury via the sultan industrial road.