The City of Kawartha Lakes was formed on January 1, 2001, and was known as Victoria County before that. Alongside this change, all Victoria County Roads received
Kawartha Lakes Road designations, with unchanged numbers, The downloaded highways comprises Highway 35A, which was designated Victoria County Road 8; Highway 35B, incorporated into Highway 7B and Victoria County Road 15; Highway 36, designated as Victoria County Road 36; Highway 36B, designated as Victoria County Road 17; Highway 46, designated as Victoria County Road 46; Highway 48, designated as Victoria County Road 48; and Highway 121, designated as Victoria County Road 121. Highway 7B was also shortened by several kilometres, and now only consists of the portion along Kent Street in Lindsay.
Secondary Highways Three secondary highways, which existed in Victoria County prior to 1998, were also downloaded from the province to the county, and given new designations in addition to the downloading of King's Highways: •
Highway 503, which ran from
Kirkfield to
Kinmount, was renumbered as an extension of Victoria County Road 6 (Kirkfield to
Sebright) and Victoria County Road 45 (Sebright to Kinmount). •
Highway 505, which ran from near Victoria Road to in
Uphill, was renumbered as an extension of Victoria County Road 35. •
Highway 649, which ran from
Bobcaygeon north to Highway 121, was renumbered as Victoria County Road 49. == King's Highways ==