As it leaves the community, the highway turns east and travels straight for several kilometres before making a broad ninety degree curve to the north while passing several pastures.

[3] It turns east and crosses a muskeg approximately two kilometres (1.25 miles) south of the lake, then enters the municipality of Callander.

[4] As it travels eastward towards Callander Bay, the highway serves numerous residences and the occasional farm.

Minister of Highways Charles MacNaughton ceremoniously planted the first reassurance marker on the route on that day.

[4] The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 654, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.