Manitoba Provincial Highway 11
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Provincial Trunk Highway 11 (PTH 11) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

. It runs from an intersection
Intersection (road)
An intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade . An intersection may be 3-way - a T junction or fork, 4-way - a crossroads, or 5-way or more...

 with PTH 59 near Victoria Beach
Victoria Beach, Manitoba
Victoria Beach is a rural municipality located on the southeastern shores of Lake Winnipeg. It is approximately north of Winnipeg, the provincial capital of Manitoba, Canada. Its land area is 20.279 km² , making it the smallest rural municipality in Manitoba. It is slightly less than half the size...

 to an intersection with PTH 1 near Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake, Manitoba
-External links:*...

 and the Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 boundary.

Route History

Before PTH 1 was designated as part of the Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...

 system and realigned to its current route in 1962, PTH 11 had the distinction of being both a north-south and east-west highway much like current Provincial Trunk Highways 5, 20
Manitoba Highway 20
Provincial Trunk Highway 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.PTH 20 begins by turning west toward Dauphin...

, and 50
Manitoba Highway 50
Provincial Trunk Highway 50 is a provincial highway in the south-central region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from PTH 16 to PTH 5 and PR 361 in the village of McCreary....

. From its current southern terminus with PTH 1, PTH 11 followed the current PTH 1 alignment to meet PTH 12
Manitoba Highway 12
Provincial Trunk Highway 12 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from the U.S. border to a dead end in Grand Beach...

 just north of Ste. Anne. As well, the original northern terminus of the highway was at Pine Falls, making the original length of the highway 197 km (122 mi.).

The current PTH 11 has also been modified from its original route as well. The section between PR 214 and PTH 44
Manitoba Highway 44
Provincial Trunk Highway 44 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba.It begins at Highway 9 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...

 was completed and opened in 1955. Prior to this, PTH 11 followed the current PR 214 route through the community of Milner Ridge and met PTH 44 (then known as Highway 1) at what is now Seddons Corner. It then shared the highway to its current east/south junction.

Travel Route

This is the travel route for Provincial Trunk Highway 11 (PTH 11) from south to north:
km Municipality Location Interescting highway Notes
0 Reynolds R.M.
Reynolds, Manitoba
The Rural Municipality of Reynolds is located in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. By area, it is the largest rural municipality in Manitoba, at 3,573.3 km² .-External links:*...

, Kenora
Kenora, Ontario
Kenora , originally named Rat Portage, is a small city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg...

PTH 11 begins
3 Hadashville
Hadashville, Manitoba
Hadashville is a small community in eastern Manitoba, Canada. It is located about 100 kilometres east of Winnipeg on Highway 11, 2 miles north of the Trans-Canada Highway. Hadashville is located in the Whitemouth River watershed north of the Sandilands Provincial Forest. Administratively, it is...

9 – Modika
16 PR 506 formerly continued west
24 Whitemouth R.M. Elma
Elma, Manitoba
Elma, Manitoba is a community in Manitoba. It is located on the Whitemouth River, at the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 11 in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth....

32 , Ingolf, Kenora
Kenora, Ontario
Kenora , originally named Rat Portage, is a small city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg...

PTH 11 turns west
begin PTH 44 west concurrence
36 PTH 11/44 turns northwest
38 Whitemouth
Whitemouth, Manitoba
Whitemouth is a community in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth located in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. The community is named after the Whitemouth River. It was built along the main Canadian Pacific Railway line....

44
54 PTH 11 turns north
PTH 44 turns west
end PTH 44 west concurrence
59 Pinawa R.M. , Whiteshell Provincial Park
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Whiteshell Provincial Park is a 2,729 km2 park centrally located in Canada in the province of Manitoba. It can be found in the southeast of the province along the Manitoba-Ontario border, approximately 130 km east of Winnipeg. The park is located in the Canadian Shield region and has many...

63
73 Lac du Bonnet R.M.
Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba (rural municipality)
Lac du Bonnet is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Lac du Bonnet lies within the borders of the municipality. It also mostly encircles the Pinawa local government district in the municipality's southeast part.-External links:*...

– Milner Ridge
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79 Lac du Bonnet
Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba is a town in Manitoba, Canada located northeast of Winnipeg on the west shore of the Winnipeg River. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet.-Attractions & Events:...

82
98 Alexander R.M.
Alexander, Manitoba
Alexander is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. According to the Canada 2006 Census, this rural municipality, for the first time, ranked above 1,000 in terms of population. The town of Powerview-Pine Falls lies adjacent to the municipality, as does the Fort Alexander First Nation Indian...

Great Falls PTH 11 turns northwest and follows Traverse Bay
114 Powerview-Pine Falls PTH 11 turns west toward PTH 59
140 PTH 11 ends
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