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Manitoba Trans-Canada Highway Overview

#1 (Main) Route of Trans-Canada Highway

Here is the route of the Trans-Canada Highway from east to west:

You enter the province from the Ontario border and pass through Whiteshell Provincial Park. This huge park offers wonderful recreation, including camping, hiking, and swimming, and is the last remnant of the Canadian Shield this far south. Further west the prairies appear, the route leads into Sandlands Provincial Park. These prairie flatlands extend west to the Rocky Mountain Foothills west of Calgary.

Winnipeg is a multicultural city on the banks of the Red River, with a thriving cultural scene, and lots of fine restaurants. For a diversion, take highway 59 leads north to the southern edge of Lake Winnipeg, with several resort areas.

#16 Yellowhead (northern) Route of Trans-Canada Highway

West of Winnipeg, just past Portage la Prairie, the Trans-Canada splits, with the main southern route heading west through Regina, Calgary and Vancouver. The northern route, called the Yellowhead Highway, takes you through Neepawa, Minnedosa, Shoal Lake, and Russell in Manitoba, and on to Yorkton, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Prince Rupert. If you travel the Yellowhead route, check out Riding Mountain National Park in the western part of the province, just 22 miles north of the highway, via scenic route 10. If you're taking the southern route, take route 10 south and visit Turtle Mountain Provincial Park and the International Peace Garden.

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