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A northwestern Ontario highway now bears the name of a late MPP known for his work in the region.
Highway 664 has been renamed Leo Bernier Memorial Highway.
The announcement was made yesterday by Natural Resources Minister Michael Gravelle.
The memorial highway stretches 17 kilometres from Hudson to Highway 72 near Bernier's birthplace of Sioux Lookout.
Bernier -- nicknamed ``King of the North'' -- was first elected for the Progressive Conservatives in a 1966 by-election and stayed at Queen's Park until he retired in 1987.
He later became the first ever Northern Affairs and Mines Minister in 1971.
