Provincial Road 503 (PR 503) is a east–west highway in the

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. Travelling through both the Sandilands and

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Provincial Forests, it serves as the designation for a portion of the historic

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(a.k.a. Dawson Road).

Route description

PR 503 begins just across the

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from

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at an intersection with the

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( PTH 1), heading southwest along the banks of the river for a few kilometres to enter the

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, coming to an intersection with its spur PR 505, where the highway turns east along the

. The highway winds its way through remote woodlands for several kilometres, temporarily entering the

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and crossing the Birch River before coming to an end at a junction with PR 308 just south of

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. The entire length of PR 503 is a two-lane gravel road, lying with the

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in its entirety.

Major intersections

Related route

Provincial Road 505 (PR 505) is a east–west spur of PR 503 in the

. Comprising a segment of the historic

, it runs from PR 503 to a dead end along the banks of the

. It is entirely a two-lane gravel road. On the other side of the river, Dawson Road begins again and travels through the Eastman ATV Park towards

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References

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