[2] The hill, which mounts a six per cent grade over a distance of three kilometres, can be particularly difficult for heavy trucking traffic to navigate.
[1] For that leg of the marathon, Fox wore a T-shirt which read "Montreal River Here I Come" on the front, and "I've Got You Beat" on the back.
[7] Because of its symbolic significance as the last major geophysical obstacle that Fox passed before being forced to abandon his run near Thunder Bay, the Montreal River Hill segment of his run is depicted in the 2005 television film Terry, although the segment was actually filmed on the less onerous Old Woman Bay hill nearer to Wawa.
[8] The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has explored plans to realign Highway 17's Montreal River Hill route to both straighten its curves and reduce its grade.
[9] The preferred plan, released in 2004, would construct a new route between the community of Montreal River Harbour and the Gartshore Generating Station.