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Home > BC's Trans-Canada Highway > Victoria to Nanaimo Itinerary

Manitoba: #1 between Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba

Here is the itinerary for the 219 km along Highway #1 between Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba:

North of the Trans-Canada are Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg, remnants of ancient Lake Agassiz, which at the time of the last Ice Age covered an area twice that of today's Great Lakes.

Brandon is a major wheat shipment point, and has been so since 1883. The Brandon experimental farm has been a leader in developing a dozen new and ever-hardier strains of wheat (and corn) for growing on the Canadian prairies.

East of Brandon are the Carberry Sand Hills, south of the highway, resulting from sands deposited on the bottom of Lake Agassiz. This area has natural sand hills covered with white spruce, tamarack and black spruce. The hills are home to diverse animal species including the northern prairie skink (Manitoba's only lizard), hognosed snake, plains spadefoot toad, woodchuck, eastern chipmunk along with birds ruffed grouse, pileated woodpecker, gray jay,and like bluebirds (in bird houses found around the area). The sandy soils (on non-protected lands) are ideal for cultivating potatoes, which are processed by a plant near Carberry. Another popular crop are sunflowers. Early settlers also stabilized the dunes with various grasses, which has since made the ground stable enough for shrubs and even some trees.

Between MacGregeor and Portage La Prairie, you will notice rail lines on both sides of the highway. The tracks to the south are Canadian Pacific (CPR) heading to Vancouver via Regna and Calgary, and the tracks to the north are Canadian National (CNR) heading to Vancouver via Saskatoon and Edmonton. What is notable is that from Portage La Prairie the CNR (built at tascpayer expense to provide competition to the CPR, and help settle more northerly regions of Canada) started labeling station & town names in alphabetical order, beginning here with Arona, Bloom, and Caye and continuing for several alphabet cycles into western Saskatchewan.

The first European settlers in this part of Manitoba were Scottish & Irish who settled the land west of Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) after 1817 following Lord Selkirk's treaty with the Indians for land along the riverbanks. To provide settlers equal access to water, the lots here are very narrow strips from the river, typically 3200 metres long and 240 metres wide. French fur traders also settled here, and married and bred with the local Saulteaux and Cree Indians. Their mixed-race offspring were called Metis. Manitoba's pre-Confederation population was largely French-speaking, including a significant portion of Metis. When Manitoba first became a province in 1870, these early settlers rebelled against government surveyors started creating townships with land laid out 1 mile square sections, regardless of geography and pre-existing land allocations. This was became the First Northwest Rebellion of 1869. A later resurgence in 1885, was led by Louis Riel who was eventually arrested by the North West Mounted Police and hanged.

Portage La Prairie began as Fort La Reine, a fur trading post at a shallow spot on the Assiniboine River that flows east to what is now Winnipeg. A replica of that first fort exists today. The rich black loam soils from this point east are ideal for growing a range of crops including cabbage, carrots, corn, onions, potatoes, sugar beets, and tomatoes.

The area between Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg was the northern limit of the original tall grass Prairie that covered the North American Plains, and was home to vast herds of bison that once roamed free. Over the past century or so of settlement and agriculture, much of these have been destroyed but a small patch remains, and is protected at Winnipeg's Living Prairie Museum. About 10 km west of Winnipeg is the Principal Meridian, used as the reference point for the surveying of the prairies west to the Rocky Mountains (the Fifth Meridian passes through Calgary).

Highway Notes

This stretch of the Trans-Canada s fully "twinned", and has good shoulders for cyclists. in Ontraio, the Trans-Canada becomes Highway #17, which in this part of the province is also called the "Great River Road". While the "official" #1 route passes through downtown Winnipeg, there is an excellent bypass on Route 101, to the south of the city, with services easily accessible at a key points.

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KM From Start EAST  |  WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info
0	219	Lord Selkirk Hwy (Hwy 75) interchange	Winnipeg	232
		St. Norbert Provincial Heritage Park, 3 km S of highway, a celebration of Metis life in the late 1800s... St Norbert neighbourhood, to S of highway.. Fort Richmond neighbourhood, to N of highway.. Grandmont Plaza, to SW of highway junction.. Fort Richmond Plaza, small retail, 0.5 km N of highway... Downtown Winnipeg, 13 km N of highway, all services... Comfort Inn South by Journey's End, 0.3 km N of highway.. Astoria motel, 0.5 km N of highway.. Palomino Plains Motel, 2.5 km N of highway.. St Norbert Motor Hotel, 1 km S of highway.. Montcalm Gordon Hotels & Motor Inn, 3.5 km N of highway.. University of Manitoba campus, 2.5 km N of highway.. Victoria General Hospital, about 2 km N of highway.. Pembina Village Shopping Centre, 2.5 km N of highway.. Southwood Golf & Country Club, 2.3 km N of highway.. Fort Garry Industrial Park, 5 km S of highway.. Pembina Crossing mall, 5 km N of highway.. Cinema City McGillivray, 8 screen movie theatre, 6 km N of highway.. Capri Motel, 6 km N of highway.. Norlander motel, 6 km N of highway.. Canad Inn Fort Garry, 6 km S of highway.. Holiday Inn Winnipeg South, about 9 km N of highway.. Holiday Inn Fort Richmond, 0.6 km N of highway.. Downtown Winnipeg, over 20 hotels, 13 km N of highway.. The Forks National Historic Site, downtown..
0.2	218.8	Pembina Highway underpass (no access)	Winnipeg	232.3
1	218	Waverly WB exit	Winnipeg	230.4
5	214	Hwy 330 S intersection, S to LaSalle	Winnipeg	231
		village of Lasalle, 8.5 km SW of highway, soe services..
6	213	Railway underpass	Winnipeg	232
11	208	Hwy 2 West interchange to OakBluff and Starbuck	Winnipeg	232.3
		village of Oak Bluff to SW of highway, no services.. Stabuck, 22 km W of highway, some services..
12	207	McGillivray Blvd intersection, Hwy 3 W to OakBluff and Sanford	Winnipeg	235
		Village of Oak Bluff, to SW of highway. No services... Village of Sanford, 13 km SW of highway, no services.. Fort Whyte Centre for Environmental Education, 7 km NE of highway.. Tuxedo Industrial Area, 8 km NE of highway..
13	206	Oakland Rd crossing	Winnipeg	235.9
14	205	Level railway crossing	Winnipeg	231.6
14.4	194.65	Truckstop to South	Winnipeg	231
		Flying J Truck Stop, to south of highway..
19	200	Wilkes Ave (E) and Hwy 427 W interchange	Winnipeg	239.9
		Passing West End Sewage Treatment pons to SE of intersection..
21	198	Roblin Blvd half-cloverleaf interchange	Winnipeg	235.6
		Parkwest Motor Hotel, 0.8 km E of highway.. Beaudry Provincial Park, 13 km W o highway, via #241.. Parkwest Shopping Centre, small plaza, 0.8 km E of highway.. Assiniboine Park, 7.7 km East.. Assiniboine Park Zoo, open year-round, 7.7 km E of highway.. Assiniboine Park photos.. Pembina Highway photos.. Downtown Winnipeg photos..
23	196	Hwy 100,101 cloverleaf interchange, access to Caron Rd and Roblin Blvd. EB traffic, bypassing WPG head south. Downtown WPG E on Portage Avenue.	Winnipeg	239.6
		Downtown Winnipeg, 14 km to E.. Winnipeg International Airport (YWG), 12.6 k E of highway.. Stony Mountain ski & cross country resort, 29 km to NE of highway via 101 and #7... Rural Municipality of Rosser, pop. 1370, about 13.5 km NW of highway via 101 and #9.. Downs Village Trailer Court to SE of highway junction.. UniCity Mall, 1 km to NE of junction.. Glendale Shopping Centre, 1 km SE of junction.. Downs Motor Inn, 0.6 km E of junction.. Glendale Golf & Country ClLub, 0.5 km SE of highway junction..
23	196	Cross Assiniboine River	Winnipeg	233.2
24	195	Race Track to S		237.7
		Assiniboia Downs horse race track.. Red River Exhibition Park, The EX is held in the middle of June each year..
26	193	Access to ball diamonds to S		235
26	193	Drive-In theatre to N		235.9
		Winnipeg's last drive-in theatre, the Odeon, closed in 2007..
29	190	Taylor Bridge S to Roblin Blvd		238
37	182	Crossing Assiniboine River		235.6
		Assiniboine River..
37	182	Junction Hwy 26 N, to St Francis Xavier		240.8
		Welcomestop Campground & RV Park, just south of highway junction.. St Francis Xavier, community, 4 km NW of highway... Poplar Point, 41 km to NW of highway, with a Hutterite Colony nearby..
39	180	Hwy 241, west bank of LaSalle River, S to Beaudry PP		237.7
		Beaudry Provincial Park, 5 km SE of highway, picnic, water sports, wildlife..
55	164	Hwy 248 S to town of Elie	Elie	241.7
62	157	Bernard Rd, S to Bernard	Bernard	240.2
65	154	Hwy 331 S & W to town of Fortier		244.1
74	145	Junction Hwy 13 S, Highway #430 N, crossing the La Salle River		249
		La Salle River.. Town of Carman, all services, 50 km S of highway..
80	139	Crossing the Assiniboine River		252.4
80	139	RV Park and Campground, S of highway		255.1
		Creekside Camping & RV Park, just SE of Assiniboine River crossing..
83	136	Millers Campground R.V. Park, north side		252.7
		Millers Campground R.V. Park..
89	130	Junction hwy 26 N to Poplar Point, truckstop to south	Portage L Prairie	255.1
		Fort la Reine Museum and Pioneer Village, just NW of highway..
90	129	Junction Hwy 1A west to downtown Portage La Prairie (TCH bends south around PLP)	Portage L Prairie	256.9
		downtown Portage La Prairie, 6 km to E of highway, all services, via highway 1A / Saskatchewan Ave.. Westgate Inn, 4 km from highway.. Midtown Motor Inn, downtown Portage, 6 km from highway .. Portage Hotel, downtown Portage, 5 km from highway .. Cinema Centre, movie theatres, downtown Portage...
91	128	Access to service roads	Portage L Prairie	256
93	126	Angle Rd crossing	Portage L Prairie	259.7
94	125	Crescent Rd E (N) to downtown PLP, and River Rd (S), provincial Rd 240, Filtration plant to SE of intersection	Portage L Prairie	261.5
		Portage District General Hospital, 1.6 km N of highway, via River Rd & 5th St... Splash Island, waterslide park, 2.5 km NW of hihgway.. Island Park, 2.5 km NW of highway, with year-round recreation, golf club, exhibition grounds, waterslide park, toboggan hill... Portage Golf Club, 2.5 km NW of highway, in Island Park.. Southport Golf Club, 7 km S of highway, SE of airport lands.. Portage La Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG), 5 km S of airport... Stephenfield Provincial Park, 60 km S of highway, via #240, Camping, canoeing, watersports, golf...
98	121	Crescent Rd W, access to reservioir, S of Hwy	Portage L Prairie	264.3
		Portage Diversion (also known as the Assiniboine River Floodway) 1 km S of highway.. Dakota Tipi Indian Reserve 1, 1 km SW of highway.. Days Inn Portage La Prairie, to NW of intersection, via Yellowquill Trail..
101	118	Junction Hwy 1A, Saskatchewan Ave W to downtown Portage La Prairie (TCH bends south around PLP)	Portage La Prairie	258.2
		downtown Portage La Prairie, 6 km to E of highway, all services, via highway 1A / Saskatchewan Ave.. Hi-Way Motel, 4.5 km E of highway.. Yellow Quill Motel, 4.5 km E of highway.. Midtown Motor Inn, downtown Portage, 6 km from highway.. Portage Hotel, downtown Portage, 6 km from highway.. Cinema Centre, movie theatres, downtown Portage...
103	116	Cross Irrigation Channel		257.6
		Irrigation water from the Portage Diversion on the Assiniboine River Floodway. This diversion ends up in Lake Manitoba to the N..
109	110	Junction 305 S, start of Yellowhead Highway W to Prince Rupert BC (Hwy 16)		264
		Yellowhead Highway, west to Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Prince Rupert... Saskatoon, 700 km NW.. Edmonton, Alberta.. Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 2671 km to W.. Village of Macdonald, 9 km N of highway. Home to RCAF Station Macdonald (abandoned), N of village,.. Manitoba Grain Elevator Bloom, 1 km W of highway junction.. Manitoba Grain Elevator - Burnside, 1 km SE of highway junction.. Long Plain, member of Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council, 13 km SE of highway.. Dakota Plains Indian Reserve, member of Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council, 22 km S of highway...
121	98	Junction Hwy 242, N to Westbourne		280.4
		Regional Municipality of Westbourne..
130	89	Hwy 350 junction, access to Macgregor, S to Woodside	Macgregor	289
132	87	MacaIvey Rd, access to MaCGregor, S of TCH	Macgregor	290.2
		Village of MacGregor, 1 km S of highway..
134	85	Rosehill Rd, west access to Macgregor	Macgregor	292.6
142	77	Springbook Rd, S to Austin	Austin	305.7
		Manitoba Agricultural Museum, with over 500 implements and 20 buildings, 3 km S of highway..
144	75	Junction Hwy 34, S to Austin	Austin	308.8
		Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Area, 11 km NW of highway..
154	65	Shady Oaks Resort R V Park	Sidney	373.7
		Shady Oaks Resort R V Park, camping..
156	63	Hwy 352 N, S to village of Sidney (1 km), N to Firdale	Sidney	375.2
158	61	Hwy 351 junction, W to Carberry (17 km), access to Sprucewoods Provincial Park	Carberry	379.2
		Sprucewoods Provincial Park, camping, watersports, hiking, winter sport, 40 km SW of highway..
176	43	Hwy 5, S to Carberry (3 km), Sprucewoods Provincial Park (25 km), N to Wellwood	Carberry	384.4
		Sprucewoods Provincial Park, camping, watersports, hiking, winter sport, 25 km S of highway.. Carberry, pop. 4000, 16 km SE of highway. All services.. Carberry Plains Museum .. Ernest Thompson Seton, commemorating Ernest Thompson Seton.. Sandhills Golf and Country Club... Town of Neepawa, 41 km N of highway. All services ..
191	28	Hwy 351 junction, E to Carberry (16 km), access to Sprucewoods Provincial Park	Carberry	382.8
		Sprucewoods Provincial Park, camping, watersports, hiking, winter sport, 25 km S of highway.. Carberry, pop. 4000, 16 km SE of highway. All services..
192	27	Hwy 464, north to Brookdale		380.4
201	18	Hwy 340 S junction, S to Wawanesa		371.6
		Village of Wawanesa, 45 km Se of highway, all services. Once home to famous Canadian suffragette Nellie McClung... Canadian Forces Base / Area Support Unit Shilo, pop 1200,12 km SE of highway. Military training facilities... Criddle / Vane Homestead Provincial Heritage Park, 22 km S of highway..
209	10	Hwy 468 junction		379.8
		RCAF Station Chater, now #12 Service Flight Training School - Brandon, originally used for training in World War II, 2 km NE of intersection...
217	2	Junction Hwy 10 N, 1st St (and Hwy 1A S) to downtown City of Brandon, N to Brandon airport (3 km)	Brandon	399
		Brandon Regional Health Centre (Hospital), 4 km S of highway.. Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR), 2 km NW of highway.. Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum (National Historic Site), at Brandon Airport, 2 km NW of highway... North Hill Inn, about 2 km SW of highway, via Braecrest Dr, .. Petro-Canada station to S of highway... Barney's Motel, just to N of highway... Comfort Inn - Brandon, about 0.5 klm to NW of highway.. Canadian Inn, downtown Brandon, 4.6 km SW of highway, via Rosser Ave.. Crystal Hotel, 4.7 km SW of highway, via Pacific Ave.. City Center Hotel, 4.8 km SW of highway, via Pacific Ave.. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, downtown Brandon, 4.6 km SW of highway, via Rosser Ave.. Beaubier Hotel, downtown Brandon, about 5 km SW of highway, via Princess Ave.. Minnedosa, 44 km to N of highway, all services.. Riding Mountain National Park.. CT-133 Silver Star plane on pedestal at airport entrance, 2 km N of highway.. Petro-Canada Truck Stop (petro-pass) to SW of highway junction.. Minnedosa Ski Valley ski resort, 55 km N of highway..
218	1	Access via Black St to Highland Ave (S Service Rd)	Brandon	401.4
		White House B&B to N of highway... Little Chalet motel, to N of highway..
219	0	Junction Hwy 10 S, 18th St N, access to Highland Ave service roads to N & S, Brandon, Boissevain	Brandon	402.9
		Super 8 Motel, Brandon, to E of intersection.. Redwood Inn, 3.5 km S of highway .. Trails West Motor Inn, 3.5 km S of highway.. Daly House Museum 4.1 km S of highway.. Casa Maley Bed and Breakfast, 5 km SE of highway, via Victoria Ave.. Brandon Tourism, 3 km SE of highway, via Kirkcaldy Dr.. Town of Boissevain, 77 k m to S of highway.. Keystone Centre sportsplex, 6 km S of highway.. Corral Centre, major shopping centre 7 km S of highway..
219	0	Access to N Service Rd	Brandon	402.3
KM From Start EAST  |  WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info

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