La Vérendrye Trail
La Vérendrye Trail | |
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Route information | |
Component highways | |
Major junctions | |
West end | PTH 101 near Winnipeg |
East end | PTH 1 (TCH) near West Hawk Lake |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Rural municipalities | Alexander, East St. Paul, Lac du Bonnet, Reynolds, St. Clements, Whitemouth |
Towns | Lac du Bonnet, Powerview-Pine Falls |
Highway system | |
The La Vérendrye Trail (French: Le chemin La Vérendrye) is a series of highways in the Canadian province of Manitoba commemorating the oldest waterway fur-trading route in the province.[1] It is named after Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, an explorer and fur-trader who is often credited as being the first European to visit what is now southern Manitoba.[2]
Route description
The La Vérendrye Trail generally follows the Red and Winnipeg River systems used by early fur-traders to travel through eastern Manitoba. The vehicular route begins at Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 101 (Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway) and comprises the following roads:[3]
- Provincial Road 204 – PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway) to Provincial Road 212
- Provincial Road 212 – Provincial Road 204 to Provincial Road 508[4]
- Provincial Road 508 – entire route
- PTH 59 – Provincial Road 508 to PTH 11
- PTH 11 – PTH 59 to Provincial Road 307
- Provincial Road 307 – entire route
- PTH 44 – Provincial Road 307 to PTH 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Communities along the trail include
Other uses
The La Vérendrye Trail is also the name of a 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) hiking trail located within Whiteshell Provincial Park.[5]
A monument in the Municipality of Pembina commemorates Sieur de La Vérendrye's further travels through south-central Manitoba.[6]
Major intersections
Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Winnipeg | Interchange, western terminus of La Vérendrye Trail La Vérendrye Trail follows PR 204 north | |||||||
St. Clements | Lockport | 17 | 11 | PTH 44 west | West end of PR 204/PTH 44 concurrency | |||
18 | 11 | Crosses the Red River Floodway | ||||||
19 | 12 | PTH 44 east – Beausejour | Interchange; east end of PR 204/PTH 44 concurrency | |||||
East Selkirk | 28 | 17 | PR 204 north – Selkirk | La Vérendrye Trail follows PR 212 east | ||||
28 | 17 | PR 212 east | La Vérendrye Trail follows PR 508 north | |||||
| 35 | 22 | PTH 4 – To PTH 59, To PTH 9 – Selkirk | |||||
42 | 26 | Winnipeg | La Vérendrye Trail follows PTH 59 north | |||||
Brokenhead Ojibway Nation |
No major junctions | |||||||
Alexander / St. Clements | | 73 | 45 | PTH 12 south – Beausejour, Steinbach | South end of PTH 12/59 concurrency | |||
75 | 47 | Powerview-Pine Falls | ||||||
83 | 52 | PTH 12 north – Grand Beach Provincial Park | North end of PTH 12/59 concurrency | |||||
Victoria Beach | La Vérendrye Trail follows PTH 11 south | |||||||
Sagkeeng First Nation |
No major junctions | |||||||
Town of Powerview-Pine Falls | 125 | 78 | PR 304 – Bissett | |||||
Alexander |
No major junctions | |||||||
Lac du Bonnet | | 165 | 103 | PR 313 east | ||||
Town of Lac du Bonnet | 167 | 104 | PR 317 | |||||
Pinawa | ||||||||
186 | 116 | PTH 11 south – Elma, Whitemouth | La Vérendrye Trail follows PR 307 east | |||||
198 | 123 | Enters Whiteshell Provincial Park | ||||||
No. 1 | | 240 | 150 | PR 309 north – Big Whiteshell Lake | ||||
Reynolds | | 264 | 164 | PTH 44 west – Beausejour | La Vérendrye Trail follows PTH 44 east | |||
Kenora | Interchange; eastern terminus of La Vérendrye Trail | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "Saint Georges CBC Vision Development Report" (PDF). Saint Georges Development Corporation. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Home » Histories » European Settlements » Colonizing the West". Red River North Heritage. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Eastman Tourism". Travel Manitoba. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Routes on the Red" (PDF). Red River Tourism. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Whiteshell Provincial Park Official Map" (PDF). Manitoba Conservation. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Historic Sites of Manitoba: La Verendrye's Trail Monument (Municipality of Pembina)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved July 12, 2020.