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]
La Vérendrye Trail | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
Route description
editThe 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 Lockport, East Selkirk, Powerview-Pine Falls, St. Georges, Lac du Bonnet, and Seven Sisters Falls. The trail also passes through three First Nations territories. The easternmost part of the trail lies within Whiteshell Provincial Park.
Other uses
editThe 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
edit| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| East St. Paul | | 0 | 0.0 | PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway) – Brandon Route 42 south (Henderson Highway) – 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 |  PTH 59 south – 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 |   PR 304 north / PR 500 west – Powerview-Pine Falls | ||||||
| 83 | 52 | PTH 12 north – Grand Beach Provincial Park | North end of PTH 12/59 concurrency | |||||
| Alexander | | 96 | 60 | PTH 59 north – 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 | |||||
| Lac du Bonnet | | 182 | 113 |  PR 211 east – 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 | |||
| No. 1 | West Hawk Lake | 297 | 185 | PTH 1 (TCH) – Winnipeg, 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
edit- ^ "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.