Provincial Trunk Highway 50 (PTH 50) is a provincial highway in the south-central region of the

Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...

Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...

. It runs from PTH 16 to PTH 5 and PR 361 in the village of

McCreary McCreary is a surname. It is derived from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surnames '' Mac Ruidhrí'' and '' Mac Ruaidhrí''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1755. People with the surname * Aaron McCreary, American college baseball coach *Bear McC ...

. Like PTH 5 and PTH 20, PTH 50 does not run its entire length in one direction. The highway is designated as a north-south highway between PTH 16 and the hamlet of Silver Ridge, where it meets PR 278. From Silver Ridge to McCreary, the highway's designation changes to east-west. Between the Yellowhead Highway and Silver Ridge, PTH 50 is known as Kinosota Road. PTH 50 provides access to the western shore of

Lake Manitoba Lake Manitoba () is the 14th largest lake in Canada and the 33rd largest lake in the world with a total area of . It is located within the Canadian province of Manitoba about northwest of the province's capital, Winnipeg, at . History The la ...

. The

speed limit Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed limits are generally indicated on a traffic sign reflecting the maximum permitted speed, express ...

is 100 km/h (60 mph).

Route description

PTH 50 begins in the Rural Municipality of WestLake - Gladstone at an intersection with PTH 16 (

Yellowhead Highway The Yellowhead Highway () is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Winnipeg west to Graham Island off the coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton. It stretches across the four western provinces of Britis ...

) west of Westbourne, just north of the banks of the Whitemud River and the

Hutterite Hutterites (; ), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: ), are a communal ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the early 16th century and have formed intent ...

Bloomfield Colony. It heads north, immediately crossing a railroad line and traveling through rural farmland for several kilometers, paralleling the western coastline of

as it passes the Lakeland community to enter the town of Langruth. Traveling straight through town along Main Street, it has an intersection with PR 265 before leaving Langruth and winding its way north into the

Rural Municipality of Alonsa Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west side of Lake Manitoba. Located within the borders of the municipality is the Indian reserve of Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the Margaret Br ...

. Still paralleling the coastline of Lake Manitoba, PTH 50 travels through the Sandy Bay First Nation, having an intersection with the main access road to the First Nations' townsite (Main Road), before passing through the town of

Amaranth ''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan group of more than 50 species which make up the genus of annual plant, annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some names include "prostrate pigweed" an ...

. Heading straight through the center of town, it has an intersection with PR 261 (Broadway Road) before leaving Amaranth and winding its way past Harcus and Leifur for several kilometers to the community of Silver Ridge, where PTH 50 makes a sharp left turn to the east at an intersection with PR 278, where it turns away from Lake Manitoba. Between this intersection and it southern terminus at the Yellowhead Highway, PTH 50 is known as Kinosota Road. The highway passes through the town of

Alonsa Alonsa is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in north central Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa. History Alonsa grew in the early 1900s with the coming of the railroad. The rail line was never ...

prior to going through a switchback and entering the Municipality of McCreary. Traveling through rural areas for several kilometers, PTH 50 enters the town of

, passing through neighborhoods as it crosses a railroad line to travel through downtown. It passes through more neighborhoods before coming to an end at an intersection with PTH 5 (Parks Route), with the road continuing west as PR 361. The entire length of Manitoba Highway 50 is a rural, paved, two-lane highway.

History

PTH 50 first appeared on the 1953 Manitoba Highway Map. When it was first added, PTH 50 was an east-west route connecting PTH 5 at

to Silver Ridge. The highway's north-south segment was added in 1956.

Major intersections

Related routes

Provincial Road 567

Provincial Road 567 (PR 567), also known as Steebridge Road, is a short east-west spur of PTH 50 in a rural section of the Rural Municipality of WestLake - Gladstone, just south of Lakeland. Running for , it provides access to the Lakeland boat launch on the Whitemud River, near its mouth on

. It is entirely an unpaved two-lane road. No settlements lie along the highway.

Provincial Road 569

Provincial Road 569 (PR 569), also known as Road 89N, is a short unsigned east-west spur of PTH 50 in the community of Lakeland in the Rural Municipality of WestLake - Gladstone. It runs from PTH 50 at the northern edge of the community to a dead end along the eastern shores of

. It is entirely unpaved, with the section between PTH 50 and Road 50W two-lanes wide, with the remaining to Lake Manitoba being a narrow one-lane track. No other settlements lie along the highway.

Provincial Road 573

Provincial Road 573 (PR 573) was a east-west spur of PTH 50 in the northern part of the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, connecting it with Hollywood Beach on the western coastline of

. It was entirely a gravel road, and came to a dead end along the shoreline, with no other settlements or major intersections along its length. The route was decommissioned during the Great Decommissioning of 1992, and still exists as Municipal Road 100N.

References

{{Attached KML, display=title,inline 050