Manitoba Highway 44

Highway 44
Route information
Length:	152 km (94 mi)
Existed:	1968 – present
Major junctions
West end:	PTH 9 at Lockport
	PTH 59 PTH 12 PTH 11
East end:	PTH 1 (TCH) near the Ontario boundary
Location
Towns:	Beausejour, Whitemouth, West Hawk Lake
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 42 PTH 45 →

Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

It begins at Highway 9 (Main St.) in the town of Lockport, just north of Winnipeg. From Lockport the highway travels east, passing through Beausejour before heading south-east after Highway 11 branches north towards Lac Du Bonnet and Pine Falls. It is the main highway through Whiteshell Provincial Park and ends at the Trans-Canada Highway just west of the Ontario boundary. It becomes very narrow as it passes through the Wilderness of the Park, and is very hilly and winding. The speed limit along Highway 44 is 100 km/h (60 mph).

History

Highway 44 was originally part of Provincial Trunk Highway 1.^[1] When the new southerly alignment of Highway 1 was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project in 1958, this section of Highway 1 became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 9, 16, and 26).^[2] The highway was renumbered to its current designation in 1968.^[3]

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Whiteshell Provincial Park	​	0	0.0	PTH 1 (TCH) (Trans-Canada Highway) – Winnipeg, Falcon Lake, Kenora	PTH 44 begins highway travels north for the first 10 kilometres
	Star Lake	2	1.2	PR 301 west – Falcon Lake
	​	8	5.0	PR 312 east – Ingolf	PTH 44 turns west 2 km past PR 312 junction
	​	31	19	PR 307 north – Seven Sisters Falls, White Lake
Whitemouth	​	61	38	PTH 11 south – Elma, Hadashville	begin PTH 11 north concurrence
	​	65	40	PR 406 south – Elma	PTH 11 / PTH 44 turns northwest
	Whitemouth	67	42
	​	73	45	PR 408 north – River Falls, Seven Sisters Falls
	​	83	52	PTH 11 north – Lac du Bonnet, Powerview-Pine Falls	PTH 44 turns west end PTH 11 north concurrence
Brokenhead	Seddons Corner	99	62	PR 214 north (Milner Ridge Rd)	original PTH 11
	Beausejour	114	71	PR 215 west / PR 302 south – La Broquerie, Richer, To PTH 12 south	PTH 44 turns north
		116	72	PTH 12 north – Grand Beach	PTH 44 turns west begin PTH 12 south concurrence
	​	126	78	PTH 12 south – Anola, Ste. Anne, Steinbach	end PTH 12 south concurrence
	Garson	130	81
St. Clements	​	136	85	PR 212 – Cooks Creek, East Selkirk
	​	141	88	PR 206 south – Dugald, Landmark, Oakbank
	Kirkness	143	89	PTH 59 – Birds Hill, East Selkirk, Victoria Beach, Winnipeg
	​	148	92	PR 204 north – Selkirk	begin PR 204 south concurrence
	Lockport	149	93	PR 204 south – East St. Paul, Winnipeg	end PR 204 south concurrence PTH 44 crosses the Red River
St. Andrews		150	93	PR 238 south (River Rd.)
		152	94	PTH 9 – Gimli, Selkirk, Winnipeg	PTH 44 ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Google