Manitoba Highway 20
Provincial Trunk Highway 20 (PTH 20) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from PTH 5 and PR 582 just south of Ochre River to PTH 10 in the village of Cowan. The highway provides an eastern alternative access option to Dauphin along with PTH 20A. The speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph). PTH 20 is part of the Northern Woods and Water Route. Route description PTH 20 begins by travelling for north through Ochre River to the southwestern edge of Dauphin Lake before turning west toward Dauphin. It then turns north at the Dauphin city limits (PTH 20A actually enters Dauphin) to provide access to the western shores of Dauphin Lake and Lake Winnipegosis. Along this stretch, PTH 20 passes through the town of Winnipegosis. The highway continues north to the village of Camperville, where it turns west. The highway meets PR 272 approximately one kilometre later. From this point, PTH 20 travels in an east–west direction while maintaini ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Northern Woods And Water Route
The Northern Woods and Water Route is a route through northern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Western Canada. As early as the 1950s, community groups came together to establish a northern travel route; this was proposed as the Northern Yellowhead Transportation Route. The Northern Woods and Water Route Association was established in 1974, and encouraged promotion of the route with the promise of an increase in tourist travel. The route was designated in 1974 and is well signed throughout its component highways. The route starts at Dawson Creek as the British Columbia Highway 49, Spirit River Highway and ends at the Perimeter Highway (Winnipeg), Perimeter of Winnipeg, Manitoba, after running through the northern regions of the western provinces. From west to east, the Northern Woods and Water Route (NWWR) incorporates portions of British Columbia Highway 49; Alberta Highways Alberta Highway 49, 49, Alberta Highway 2A, 2A, Alberta Highway 2, 2, & Albert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Winnipegosis, Manitoba
Winnipegosis is an unincorporated urban community in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Manitoba, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Mossey River on Lake Winnipegosis in west-central Manitoba. The community was once categorized as a village, but this status was relinquished on 1 January 2015 upon its amalgamation with the RM of Mossey River. History The first Europeans to come to the Winnipegosis area were early explorers and fur traders, with the mouth of Lake Winnipegosis' Mossey River serving as a meeting place for many trappers and traders throughout the year to do business and purchase supplies. The first traders were men of the Hudson's Bay Company. Others, who arrived a bit later for trapping and fishing, were English, Scottish, French, and German. In the late 1700s, the original Fort Dauphin was constructed by descendants of the French explorer LaVérendrye. The railroad arrived in the area in 1897, whereafter Ukrainians and other Central Europeans c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wilson River (Manitoba)
Wilson River can refer to: * Wilson River (Alaska), one of two rivers in Alaska in the United States * Wilson River (Manitoba), tributary of Dauphin Lake, one of two in Canada * Wilson River (New South Wales) in New South Wales, Australia * Wilson River (New Zealand) in New Zealand * Wilson River (Nunavut) in Nunavut in Canada * Wilson River (Oregon) on the coast of Oregon in the United States * Wilson River (Queensland) in South West Queensland, Australia * Wilson River (Western Australia), in the Kimberley See also *Willson River, South Australia Willson River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Austra ... * Wilsons River (New South Wales) {{disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vermillion River (Manitoba)
Vermillion River or Vermilion River or Vermillon River may refer to the following rivers: Canada * Vermilion River (Alberta) * Vermilion River (British Columbia) * Vermillon River (La Tuque), Quebec * Vermillon River (Chigoubiche River tributary), Quebec * Vermilion River (Lac Seul), Ontario *Vermilion River (Sudbury District), Ontario United States *Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary), in Illinois and Indiana ** Middle Fork Vermilion River *Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary), in Illinois *Vermilion River (Louisiana) *Vermilion River (Minnesota), in northern Minnesota * Vermillion River (Minnesota), in southern Minnesota *Vermilion River (Ohio) * Vermillion River (South Dakota) See also * County of Vermilion River, in Alberta, Canada * * * * Vermilion (other) * Little Vermilion River (other) * Vermillion Creek, a tributary of the Green River in Colorado, U.S. * Vermillion River Formation The Vermillion River Formation is a geological formation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rainbow Creek (Manitoba)
Rainbow Creek may refer to: * A branch of the Thomson River (Victoria) The Thomson River, a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, is located in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Thomson River rises below Newlands at the north western end of the Baw Baw ... created by flooding in the 1950s, that led to the creation of the Independent State of Rainbow Creek, an Australian micronation of the 1970s and 1980s * Rainbow Creek (Ohio) * Rainbow Creek (Washington), source for Rainbow Falls (Chelan County) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rainbow Beach Provincial Park
Rainbow Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park on Dauphin Lake, located in Manitoba, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... It has seasonal camping available, both serviced and unserviced. It is located 17,5 km east of Dauphin, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore. References See also * List of Manitoba parks Provincial parks of Manitoba Year of establishment missing {{Canada-protected-area-stub Parks in Parkland Region, Manitoba Protected areas of Manitoba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ochre River
Ochre ( ; , ), iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow. A variant of ochre containing a large amount of hematite, or dehydrated iron oxide, has a reddish tint known as red ochre (or, in some dialects, ruddle). The word ochre also describes clays coloured with iron oxide derived during the extraction of tin and copper. Earth pigments Ochre is a family of earth pigments, which includes yellow ochre, red ochre, purple ochre, sienna, and umber. The major ingredient of all the ochres is iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, known as limonite, which gives them a yellow colour. A range of other minerals may also be included in the mixture:Krivovichev V. G. Mineralogical glossary. Scientific editor A. G. Bulakh. — St.Petersburg: St.Petersburg Un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manitoba Highway 25
Provincial Trunk Highway 25 (PTH 25) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is a short east-west route starting at Manitoba Highway 259, PR 259 at Wheatland, Manitoba, Wheatland, east through Rivers, Manitoba, Rivers, and terminating at Manitoba Highway 10, PTH 10 north of Forrest, Manitoba, Forrest. PTH 25 serves as the major route, via PTH 10, between Rivers and Brandon. The speed limit on this highway is . Route description PTH 25 begins in the Rural Municipality of Riverdale at a junction with Manitoba Provincial Road 259, PR 259 in Wheatland, Manitoba, Wheatland, directly north of the former CFB Rivers. It heads north for roughly before curving eastward, becoming Concurrency (road), concurrent (overlapped) with Manitoba Provincial Road 250, PR 250 and crossing a rail line into the town of Rivers, Manitoba, Rivers. The highway curves southeast, following First Avenue as it travels through neighborhoods and along the southern edge of downtown, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boissevain, Manitoba
Boissevain () is an unincorporated urban community in Manitoba near the North Dakota border that held town status prior to 2015. It is located within the Municipality of Boissevain – Morton. Boissevain is a community of just over 1,500 people and it is located between Killarney and Deloraine on the east and west and Brandon to the north. The population of the surrounding area, within a 50 kilometre radius of the community, is about 15,000.Boissevain Population (accessed December 7, 2007) It is notable for its proximity to the International Peace Garden, a short drive south on Highway 10 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manitoba Highway 2
Provincial Trunk Highway 2 (PTH 2) is a highway in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Saskatchewan Highway 13, Highway 13 at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border to Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway (Winnipeg), Perimeter Highway near Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Oak Bluff. PTH 2 is the Manitoba portion of the Red Coat Trail. Lesley Gaudry. ''Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays''. University of Winnipeg (2004): p. 35. Retrieved December 1, 2022. Route description PTH 2 begins in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone at the Saskatchewan border, with the road, and the Red Coat Trail, continuing west as Saskatchewan Highway 13 (Hwy 13) towards ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |