MB Highway Itinerary: Winnipeg to Kenora, Ontario

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MB Highway Itinerary: Winnipeg to Kenora, Ontario

What to See & Do between Winnipeg and Kenora?

This stretch of highway between Winnipeg and Kenora crosses the eastern extent of the Prairies, crossing over the massive Winnipeg Floodway east of the city, and passing the German-Mennonite community of Steinbach. When the highway enters Whiteshell Provincial Park it crosses into the Canadian Shield at the Ontario-Manitoba Border. This transition is the midpoint with prairies west to the Rockies, and Canadian Shield east to the Ottawa River valley. The highway continues east, snaking around the northern shore of Lake of the Woods, into Kenora.

Manitoba Itinerary - Winnipeg - Kenora ON

Elevation Chart

Highway Notes

Itinerary

Here is the itinerary for the 207 km along the Manitoba #1 and the Ontario #17 between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Kenora, Ontario:

Winnipeg Area: The Red River and Lakes

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. The glacial sand along the shoreline of Lake Winnipeg makes for the amazing beach that is Winnipeg Beach.

Downtown Winnipeg, Riverside by The Forks
Winnipeg began as the key to western fur trading, first as Fort Rouge built by La Verendrye in 1738, then as Fort Gibraltar built by the North West Company in 1805, and finally as Fort Garry built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1822. Lord Selkirk established his colony for Scottish settlement west of here in 1812, and by 1870, Winnipeg had 11,000 residents.

Once the Trans-continental railway was built in the 1880s, Winnipeg became the hub for western distribution and trade in western wheat. Winnipeg was western Canada’s largest city until overtaken by Vancouver after World War II, and by Calgary & Edmonton in the 1980s. Because of the significant early 20th century architecture, it is a popular location for Hollywood movies set in the 20s and 1930s (like the recent Academy Award-winning movie musical “Chicago”).

View of Red River (to left) and the Floodway (the the right)

Kildonan Park along Selkirk Creek, west of downtown
Following the disastrous Winnipeg Flood of 1950, which damaged 10 thousand buildings and left 100,000 people homeless, a 48 kilometre channel around the city was completed in 1958. When Red River levels rise to a certain level, overflow is automatically diverted to the Winnipeg Floodway around the city, to flow downstream into Lake Winnipeg. This is shown in the image at the top of this page, and you can see the Floodway is the dominant feature just to the east of Winnipeg.

Manitoba’s Eastern Breadbasket

Much of the area in the southeast quadrant of Winnipeg was settled by the French, as evidenced by French town names like St Boniface, St Anne, Dufresne, St Pierre. The land along the Seine River is also laid out in narrow strips rising up from the river, just like the early settlements along the St Lawrence River in Quebec. As Winnipeg expanded, those towns became neighbourhoods in the growing city.

About 70km east of Winnipeg is the exit for Steinbach, which was a settlement of Mennonites who were escaping religious persecution first in their native Holland, and later Russia. The land east of Richer is relatively infertile, and suitable only for cattle and raising forage crops (like hay). Near Steinbach you will also notice a roadside billboard marking the geographical centre of Canada (not to be confused with the stone monument at Batchwana Bay, about 65 km north of Sault Ste Marie, that marks the halfway point of the Trans-Canada Highway)

The Winnipeg Water Supply

As we move away from Winnipeg, drivers will notice a gentle rise in elevation towards the Ontario border. Waters in Manitoba flow quickly northward (for about 1000 km) to sea level at Hudson’s Bay, whereas Ontario rivers are part of the Great Lakes-St Lawrence basin, and must flow 2680 km into the Atlantic Ocean, at Quebec City. Shoal Lake, abut 10 km south of Falcon Lake (by air), is the starting point for the Shoal Lake aqueduct, built about a century ago to supply the city of Winnipeg with 200 million litres a day of fresh drinking water.

At Falcon Lake, the landscape transitions from gentle prairie landscape to the west into rugged Precambrain Canadian Shield. West Hawk Lake, just to the north, is believed to be caused by a meteor strike a few million years ago and is 120 metres deep, Manitoba’s deepest lake. Other lakes in the area were created by Ice Age glaciers and are much shallower.

Manitoba - Entering Whiteshell Provincial Park from TCH westbound-sliver

Kenora-Rat Portage Mural

Ontario’s Canadian Shield and Boreal Forest

From this point east is rugged Canadian Shield with glacier-scrubbbed ancient rocks, forests of very hardy trees (the boreal forest), and lakes that filled dips in the rockes left by the uneven scrubbing of the Ice Age Glaciers. The Candian Shield continues east along the Trans-Canada until you hit Mattawa, Ontario in the fertile lowlands of the Ottawa River Valley.

Lake of the Woods, which was known as Lake of the Islands by the area’s First Nations, has over 106,000 kilometres of shoreline and 14,000 islands. The lake is 110 km from end to end, straddeds the Canada-US border, and is the 4th biggest lake in Canada and the 6th biggest lake in the United States. The lake is popular for sports-fishing for walleye, pike smallmouth bass and lake trout, though the sturgeon and whitefish the lake had in numbers years ago are pretty depleted from commercial overfishing.

Kenora downtown From Lake Of The Woods Kenora is a name agreed to by plebiscite to be the new name of the municipal amalgamation of Keewatin, Norman, and Rat Portage, as in Ke-No-Ra. The community was a key fur-trading portage from Lake of the Woods to the Winnipeg River system, which drains into Hudson’s Bay.

Highway Notes

The Manitoba portion of the Trans-Canada west of Falcon Lake is fully “twinned”, and has good shoulders for cyclists. The Northern Ontario portion of the highway is 2 lanes, since 2010 the western-most 30 km has been twinned, to Clearwater Bay to improve traffic speed and flow for the 7,000 vehicles a day passing through here in the summer.

The stretch of Highway 1 through Manitoba’s Falcon Lake Provincial Park and the stretch of Highway 17 between the Manitoba border and Kenora will be widened and “twinned” in coming years (over the 2020s).

There is also a 17A highway bypass around Kenora, to the north of the community, heavily used by truckers and anyone not planning to stop or gas up in the community. The route moves in a gentle arc through the Canadian Shield north of Kenora and has several impressive rock cuts. The Kenora Bypass also gives quick access to the Kenora Airport (but if you are flying in, and need to transfer to a floatplane for one of the many fishing and mining camps in the region, the floatplane docks are in downtown Kenora on the waterfront).

Winnipeg to Kenora Elevation Chart

History of Trans-Canada Highway from Winnipeg to Kenora

Winnipeg to Kenora, ON

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KM	Highway Point & Features	Elev. (metres)	Map	Add Info
0.4	Ocean Ave (S) (Kenora)	336.8
	Lake Of The Woods District Hospital, to the SW of the bridge.. Anchor Inn Resort & Marina.. Tower Motor Inn, to west of intersection..
0.8	Bridge crossing, railway tracks to N, Generating Station (Kenora)	327.1
	Winnipeg River, draining Lake of the Woods. Kenora Powerhouse to NW of highway… Husky station & restaurant to NW of bridge. Husky the Muskie statue in McLeod Park, to E of bridge. Kenora Photos..
1.2	Sylvan St, shopping to S (Kenora)	329.8
1.4	Colonization Rd (Keewatin)	342.9
	Longbow Lake Camp & Trailer Park, to E of intersection.. Lake Vu Motel & Restaurant, to East of intersection.. Truckstop on N (westbound) side of highway..
2.4	Bridge over Winnipeg River/Lake of The Woods	326.1
	Winnipeg River, draining Lake of the Woods. Norman Powerhouse just out of sight around a bend in the river to the NW of highway.. Truck Stop to West of bridge, on N (westbound) side of highway..
2.6	Anchor Inn Resort & Marina (Keewatin)	325.8
	View to offshore islands, Scott Island to SW, and Treasure Island to SE…
3.6	Ontario St, access to Highway 596 N to Minaki, services to east (Keewatin)	335.9
	Minaki, between Gun Lake and Little Sand Lake, on the Winnipeg River, 49 km via Highway 596.. Super 8 Kenora.. Norman Beach Park, to S of highway..
4.6	Bridge over Keewatin Channel/Lake of The Woods (Keewatin)	321.6
	Kenora Forest Products stud lumber mill to NE of bridge… Government of Ontario Tourist Information Centre on S side of highway..
5.1	Keewatin Beach Rd, east exit (Keewatin)	334.4
5.8	town of Keewatin business district, all services (Keewatin)	320
	Keewatin Business district of Kenora, all services…
6.6	Keewatin Beach Rd, west exit	351.4
7	Rat Portage Indian Reserve Rd (Keewatin)	349.9
	Rat Portage Indian Reserve, of Obashkaandagaang First Nation, member of the Bimose Tribal Council. Bimose Tribal Council.
11.6	Highway 641 junction	318.5
13.6	Junction Highway 17A & !7 (see note below)	349.6
	Highway 17 A is the 34 km bypass road around Kenora.
16.6	Services, food & fuel	351.7
20.6	Ash Rapids Lodge	331.6
	Ash Rapids Lodge and Fishing Resort, on Lake of the Woods. Fishing, hunting.
22.6	McCallum Point Rd (S)	352.3
25	Pye’s Rd (Clearwater Bay)	335.6
	Clearwater Bay, on Deception Bay on Lake of the Woods. Marinas, services.
26.6	Rice Lake Rd N	333.5
	crossing Deception Creek, connecting Rice Lake to Deception Bay on Lake of the Woods. Rice Lake, 1. 6 km to N of highway.
28.4	Granite Lake, to S	351.4
33.5	Sherwood Rd (N)	393.2
36.6	Rush Bay Rd S	372.2
	Lake of the Woods, 6 km S of highway..
44.6	Highway 673 S to Shoal Lake Indian Reservation (Shoal Lake)	361.2
	Shoal Lake Indian Reserve, member of Shoal Lake Cree Nation, 10 km S of highway..
47.6	Granite Lake	358.1
	Granite Lake to S of highway..
50.6	Ontario-Manitoba Border, information kiosks	369.1
	Manitoba Information Station, open May-Sept.
52.1	Ontario Information Station, & Rest Stop	370.9
	Ontario Travel Kiosk, south side of highway, washrooms.
55.6	Junction #44 N, West Hawk Lake, services (Falcon Lake)	359.4
	Whiteshell Provincial Park, Caddy Lake Campground, 7 km N of highway. Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park, about 100 km NW of highway. West Hawk Lake, deepest lake in Manitoba (111 metres), just N of highway. West Hawk Lake Resort, open year round, cabins, all facilities.
57.6	Junction Hwy 301 (Falcon Lake)	350.2
65.6	Whiteshell Provincial Park offices, Camping (Falcon Lake)	334.4
	Whiteshell Provincial Park, West Hawk Lake Campground, just S of highway. Whiteshell Provincial Park, Falcon Lake Beach campground, 1 km S of highway, Falcon Lake Golf Course to the SW of the intersection. 9 holes with tennis courts. Falcon Lake golf course with 18 hole mini-golf as well as horse shoes. to SW of intersection.
67.6	Entering Whiteshell PP, Pipeline Rd U-Turn (Falcon Lake)	333.1
	Whiteshell Provincial Park, camping, watersports, hiking. golf, winter sports. On both sides of highway. Whiteshell Provincial Park, with Goose sanctuary, Fish hatchery, and natural history museum.
84.6	Wye Rd crossing	317.9
85.6	Winnipeg Aqueduct, just south of EB highway (road access for WB TCH)	318.8
88.6	Junction Hwy 308, S to East Braintree. Access to Hwy 503 (8 km) (East Braintree)	321.6
95.6	Highway splits up EB/WB, east of this point (McMunn)	310
96.6	Service, N side of Hwy	308.8
97.6	Crossing the Birch River	307.8
100.6	Campground	305.7
	Pine Tree Campground & Trailer Park (N) of Highway. Camping, mini-golf. Open year-round.
102.6	Hwy 506 (N) access to town of Prawda (Prawda)	303
105.6	Bridge over Winnipeg Aqueduct from Shoal Lake	292.3
	Winnipeg Aqueduct. Pine Tree Campground, between Hadashville and Falcon Lake.
108.6	Hwy 503 (S) Old Dawson Trail	301.8
110.6	Junction Hwy 11 N to Hadashville, S to Whitemouth River RV Park	303
	Hadashville, 3 km N of highway. Whitemouth River Park & Campground, 2 km SW of highway, open year-round.
121.6	Rest area, between EB and WB lanes	313
	Rest Area, between two directions of traffic..
134.6	Trail 19, access to Reynolds (Reynolds)	315.8
	Reynolds, pop. 1400, part of Regional Municipality of Reynolds. 3 km Se of highway.
142.6	Access to Restaurant Truck Stop and services	294.4
	Richer, just south of highway…
150.6	Highway 302, Richer (S) (Richer)	285.9
	Wild Oaks Campground, to N of highway. Rock Garden Campground & Trailer Park, to N of highway.
155.6	Municipal Rd 41A, golf course to N & S	276.8
159.6	Municipal Rd 39E, access to Paradise Village (S)	269.7
	Paradise Village,mobile home & RV community, to S of highway.
161.6	Municipal Rd 38E, Lilac Resort & RV Park	262.7
	Lilac Resort & RV Park with Waterslide Park, camping. Just to S of highway.
165.6	Junction Hwy #12, S to Ste Anne (3 km) and Steinbach (20 km), N to Anola (20km) (Ste Anne)	251.8
	Ste. Anne Hospital, 4 km S of highway via St. Gerard Street. Town of Ste Anne, pop. 1500, 3 km S of highway. All services… Town of Steinbach, pop. 13000, 20km S of highway. Center of Mennonite settlement in Manitoba.. Mennonite Heritage Village museum,
172.6	Highway 207 crossing	242.9
	Town of Lorette, pop 2000, 10 km W of highway.
176.6	Highway 501 crossing east to Dufresne (3 km), St Genevieve	240.2
	Village of Dufresne, 3.7 km E of highway. village of St Genevieve, in Regional Municipality of Tache, 25 km E of highway.
180.6	Highway 206 (S)	240.5
182.6	Highway 206N, Municipal Rd 27E	239.9
184.6	Chem Station Rd	240.2
	Lorette, pop. 2000, 6 km S of highway.
186.6	Heatherdale Rd crossing	236.8
188.6	Fantasy Lake Golf Course to N	235.3
	Fantasy Lake Golf Course, 18 holes, north side of highway.
190.6	Hwy 207 crossing, truck stop to N (Winnipeg)	233.8
	Petro-Canada Truck Stop, to NE of intersection.. Birds Hill Provincial Park, 27 km to N of highway.. Photos of Birds Hill Provincial Park..
191.6	Red River Floodway Crossing (Winnipeg)	225.2
	Red River Floodway, flood control built after 1953 Winnipeg Flood.
192.6	Avenue Fermor (W) interchange, with Hwy 1 TCH to east (Winnipeg)	235.6
	westbound traffic, take Perimeter Highway. Westbound can access Downtown Winnipeg via Fermor (straight ahead). Eastbound traffic head right onto #1. St Boniface Railyards, 7 km to NW of highway. Transona Industrial Area, and CN Transcona Rail Yards, 10 km to N, via Perimeter Highway and Dugald Rd.
194.6	Murdock Rd crossing, TV park to North (Winnipeg)	233.2
	Traveller’s RV Resort, .5 km to N, beside Waterslide park. Fun Mountain Waterslide Park, 1 km N of highway. Tinkertown amusement Park, 1.5 km to N of highway. Lyncrest Airfield & Springfield Flying Club, 3.5 km N of highway.
199.6	Boulevard Lagimodiere Interchange (highway 20/59), S to Ile des Chenes (12 km) (Winnipeg)	233.2
	St Boniface Railyards, 6 km to N of highway. Royal Canadian Mint, with tours, 5 km N of highway.
200.6	Railway underpass (Winnipeg)	232
201.6	St Anne’s Rd Highway 300 interchange (Winnipeg)	230.7
	Downtown Winnipeg, 10 km. Conestoga Campground, just to NE of intersection.. photos of St Boniface. photos of downtown Winnipeg.
205.6	St Mary’s Rd interchange (WB only SB exit, WB only NB exit) (Winnipeg)	230.4
	St. Boniface General Hospital, in downtown area, 10.8 km N of highway, via St Mary’s Rd. St Mary’s Rd, North into downtown Winnipeg via St Boniface neighbourhood. St. Aldolphe, 15 km S via #200. Maple Grove Park, in bend i Red River, just N W of highway. Popular for dog walking, rugby, and X-C skiing.. St Vital Centre shopping mall in this corner of Winnipeg.. SilverCity St. Vital, a 10 screen multiplex theatre, in St Vital Centre, 4 km N of highway.. St Vital neighbourhood, just south of highway.. historic French-speaking St Boniface neighbourhood, 10 km N of highway, across Red River from downtown. Dakota Village Motor Hotel, 5 km N of highway. St Vital Hotel, 8 km N of highway. Shell station, about 1.3 km N of highway. passing South End Sewage Treatment facility to SE of intersection.
207.6	Red River Bridge (Winnipeg)	224
208.6	Lord Selkirk Hwy (Hwy 75) interchange (Winnipeg)	232
	Victoria General Hospital, 3.5 km N of highway. 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 .. Holiday Inn Fort Richmond, 0.6 km N of highway. St Norbert Motor Hotel, 1 km S of highway. Palomino Plains Motel, 2.5 km N of highway. Montcalm Gordon Hotels & Motor Inn, 3.5 km N of highway.. University of Manitoba campus, 2.5 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.. Downtown Winnipeg, over 20 hotels, 13 km N of highway.. The Forks National Historic Site, downtown.
KM	Highway Point & Features	Elev. (metres)	Map	Add Info

Eastbound

KM	Highway Point & Features	Elev. (metres)	Map	Add Info
0	Lord Selkirk Hwy (Hwy 75) interchange (Winnipeg)	232
	Victoria General Hospital, 3.5 km N of highway. 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. Holiday Inn Fort Richmond, 0.6 km N of highway. St Norbert Motor Hotel, 1 km S of highway. Palomino Plains Motel, 2.5 km N of highway. Montcalm Gordon Hotels & Motor Inn, 3.5 km N of highway. University of Manitoba campus, 2.5 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. Downtown Winnipeg, over 20 hotels, 13 km N of highway. The Forks National Historic Site, downtown.
1	Red River Bridge (Winnipeg)	224
3	St Mary’s Rd interchange (WB only SB exit, WB only NB exit) (Winnipeg)	230.4
	St. Boniface General Hospital, in downtown area, 10.8 km N of highway, via St Mary’s Rd. St Mary’s Rd, North into downtown Winnipeg via St Boniface neighbourhood. St. Aldolphe, 15 km S via #200. Maple Grove Park, in bend i Red River, just N W of highway. Popular for dog walking, rugby, and X-C skiing.. St Vital Centre shopping mall in this corner of Winnipeg. SilverCity St. Vital, a 10 screen multiplex theatre, in St Vital Centre, 4 km N of highway. St Vital neighbourhood, just south of highway. historic French-speaking St Boniface neighbourhood, 10 km N of highway, across Red River from downtown. Dakota Village Motor Hotel, 5 km N of highway. St Vital Hotel, 8 km N of highway. Shell station, about 1.3 km N of highway.. passing South End Sewage Treatment facility to SE of intersection..
7	St Anne’s Rd Highway 300 interchange (Winnipeg)	230.7
	Downtown Winnipeg, 10 km. Conestoga Campground, just to NE of intersection. photos of St Boniface. photos of downtown Winnipeg.
8	Railway underpass (Winnipeg)	232
9	Boulevard Lagimodiere Interchange (highway 20/59), S to Ile des Chenes (12 km) (Winnipeg)	233.2
	St Boniface Railyards, 6 km to N of highway. Royal Canadian Mint, with tours, 5 km N of highway.
14	Murdock Rd crossing, TV park to North (Winnipeg)	233.2
	Traveller’s RV Resort, .5 km to N, beside Waterslide park. Fun Mountain Waterslide Park, 1 km N of highway. Tinkertown amusement Park, 1.5 km to N of highway. Lyncrest Airfield & Springfield Flying Club, 3.5 km N of highway.
16	Avenue Fermor (W) interchange, with Hwy 1 TCH to east (Winnipeg)	235.6
	westbound traffic, take Perimeter Highway. Westbound can access Downtown Winnipeg via Fermor (straight ahead). Eastbound traffic head right onto #1. St Boniface Railyards, 7 km to NW of highway. Transona Industrial Area, and CN Transcona Rail Yards, 10 km to N, via Perimeter Highway and Dugald Rd.
17	Red River Floodway Crossing (Winnipeg)	225.2
	Red River Floodway, flood control built after 1953 Winnipeg Flood.
18	Hwy 207 crossing, truck stop to N (Winnipeg)	233.8
	Petro-Canada Truck Stop, to NE of intersection. Birds Hill Provincial Park, 27 km to N of highway. Photos of Birds Hill Provincial Park.
20	Fantasy Lake Golf Course to N	235.3
	Fantasy Lake Golf Course, 18 holes, north side of highway.
22	Heatherdale Rd crossing	236.8
24	Chem Station Rd (Lorette)	240.2
	Lorette, pop. 2000, 6 km S of highway.
26	Highway 206N, Municipal Rd 27E	239.9
28	Highway 206 (S)	240.5
32	Highway 501 crossing east to Dufresne (3 km), St Genevieve	240.2
	Village of Dufresne, 3.7 km E of highway. village of St Genevieve, in Regional Municipality of Tache, 25 km E of highway.
36	Highway 207 crossing	242.9
	Town of Lorette, pop 2000, 10 km W of highway..
43	Junction Hwy #12, S to Ste Anne (3 km) and Steinbach (20 km), N to Anola (20km) (Ste Anne)	251.8
	Ste. Anne Hospital, 4 km S of highway via St. Gerard Street.. Town of Ste Anne, pop. 1500, 3 km S of highway. All services. Town of Steinbach, pop. 13000, 20 km S of highway. Center of Mennonite settlement in Manitoba. Mennonite Heritage Village museum,
47	Municipal Rd 38E, Lilac Resort & RV Park	262.7
	Lilac Resort & RV Park with Waterslide Park, camping. Just to S of highway.
49	Municipal Rd 39E, access to Paradise Village (S)	269.7
	Paradise Village,mobile home & RV community, to S of highway..
53	Municipal Rd 41A, golf course to N & S	276.8
58	Highway 302, Richer (S) (Richer)	285.9
	Wild Oaks Campground, to N of highway. Rock Garden Campground & Trailer Park, to N of highway.
66	Access to Restaurant Truck Stop and services	294.4
	Richer, just south of highway…
74	Trail 19, access to Reynolds (Reynolds)	315.8
	Reynolds, pop. 1400, part of Regional Municipality of Reynolds. 3 km Se of highway.
87	Rest area, between EB and WB lanes	313
	Rest Area, between two directions of traffic.
98	Junction Hwy 11 N to Hadashville, S to Whitemouth River RV Park	303
	Hadashville, 3 km N of highway. Whitemouth River Park & Campground, 2 km SW of highway, open year-round.
100	Hwy 503 (S) Old Dawson Trail	301.8
103	Bridge over Winnipeg Aqueduct from Shoal Lake	292.3
	Winnipeg Aqueduct. Pine Tree Campground, between Hadashville and Falcon Lake.
106	Hwy 506 (N) access to town of Prawda (Prawda)	303
108	Campground	305.7
	Pine Tree Campground & Trailer Park (N) of Highway. Camping, mini-golf. Open year-round.
111	Crossing the Birch River	307.8
112	Service, N side of Hwy	308.8
113	Highway splits up EB/WB, east of this point (McMunn)	310
120	Junction Hwy 308, S to East Braintree. Access to Hwy 503 (8 km) (East Braintree)	321.6
123	Winnipeg Aqueduct, just south of EB highway (road access fro WB TCH)	318.8
124	Wye Rd crossing	317.9
141	Entering Whiteshell PP, Pipeline Rd U-Turn (Falcon Lake)	333.1
	Whiteshell Provincial Park, camping, watersports, hiking. golf, winter sports. On both sides of highway. Whiteshell Provincial Park, with Goose sanctuary, Fish hatchery, and natural history museum.
143	Whiteshell Provincial Park offices, Camping (Falcon Lake)	334.4
	Whiteshell Provincial Park, West Hawk Lake Campground, just S of highway. Whiteshell Provincial Park, Falcon Lake Beach campground, 1 km S of highway, Falcon Lake Golf Course to the SW of the intersection. 9 holes with tennis courts. Falcon Lake golf course with 18 hole mini-golf as well as horse shoes. to SW of intersection…
151	Junction Hwy 301 (Falcon Lake)	350.2
153	Junction #44 N, West Hawk Lake, services (Falcon Lake)	359.4
	Whiteshell Provincial Park, Caddy Lake Campground, 7 km N of highway.. Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park, about 100 km NW of highway. West Hawk Lake, deepest lake in Manitoba (111 metres), just N of highway. West Hawk Lake Resort, open year round, cabins, all facilities…
158	Ontario-Manitoba Border, information kiosks	369.1
	Manitoba Information Station, open May-Sept.
159.5	Ontario Information Station, & Rest Stop	370.9
	Ontario Travel Kiosk, south side of highway, washrooms.
161	Granite Lake	358.1
	Granite Lake to S of highway.
164	Highway 673 S to Shoal Lake Indian Reservation (Shoal Lake)	361.2
	Shoal Lake Indian Reserve, member of Shoal Lake Cree Nation, 10 km S of highway.
172	Rush Bay Rd S	372.2
	Lake of the Woods, 6 km S of highway..
175.1	Sherwood Rd (N)	393.2
180.2	Granite Lake, to S	351.4
182	Rice Lake Rd N	333.5
	crossing Deception Creek, connecting Rice Lake to Deception Bay on Lake of the Woods. Rice Lake, 1. 6 km to N of highway.
183.6	Pye’s Rd (Clearwater Bay)	335.6
	Clearwater Bay, on Deception Bay on Lake of the Woods. Marinas, services…
186	McCallum Point Rd (S)	352.3
188	Ash Rapids Lodge	331.6
	Ash Rapids Lodge and Fishing Resort, on Lake of the Woods. Fishing, hunting…
192	Services, food & fuel	351.7
195	Junction Highway 17A & !7 (see note below)	349.6
	Highway 17 A is the 34 km bypass road around Kenora.
197	Highway 641 junction	318.5
201.6	Rat Portage Indian Reserve Rd (Keewatin)	349.9
	Rat Portage Indian Reserve, of Obashkaandagaang First Nation, member of the Bimose Tribal Council… Bimose Tribal Council..
202	Keewatin Beach Rd, west exit	351.4
202.8	town of Keewatin business district, all services (Keewatin)	320
	Keewatin Business district of Kenora, all services…
203.5	Keewatin Beach Rd, east exit (Keewatin)	334.4
204	Bridge over Keewatin Channel/Lake of The Woods (Keewatin)	321.6
	Kenora Forest Products stud lumber mill to NE of bridge… Government of Ontario Tourist Information Centre on S side of highway..
205	Ontario St, access to Highway 596 N to Minaki, services to east (Keewatin)	335.9
	Minaki, between Gun Lake and Little Sand Lake, on the Winnipeg River, 49 km via Highway 596. Super 8 Kenora. Norman Beach Park, to S of highway.
206	Anchor Inn Resort & Marina (Keewatin)	325.8
	View to offshore islands, Scott Island to SW, and Treasure Island to SE.
206.2	Bridge over Winnipeg River/Lake of The Woods	326.1
	Winnipeg River, draining Lake of the Woods. Norman Powerhouse just out of sight around a bend in the river to the NW of highway.. Truck Stop to West of bridge, on N (westbound) side of highway..
206.4	Colonization Rd (Keeewatin)	342.9
	Longbow Lake Camp & Trailer Park, to E of intersection. Lake Vu Motel & Restaurant, to East of intersection. Truckstop on N (westbound) side of highway.
207.4	Sylvan St, shopping to S (Kenora)	329.8
207.4	Ocean Ave (S) (Kenora)	336.8
	Lake Of The Woods District Hospital, to the SW of the bridge.. Anchor Inn Resort & Marina. Tower Motor Inn, to west of intersection.
207.8	Bridge crossing, railway tracks to N, Generating Station (Kenora)	327.1
	Winnipeg River, draining Lake of the Woods. Kenora Powerhouse to NW of highway.. Husky station & restaurant to NW of bridge. Husky the Muskie statue in McLeod Park, to E of bridge. Kenora Photos.
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MB Highway Itinerary: Winnipeg to Kenora, Ontario

What to See & Do between Winnipeg and Kenora?

Here is the itinerary for the 207 km along the Manitoba #1 and the Ontario #17 between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Kenora, Ontario:

Winnipeg Area: The Red River and Lakes

Manitoba’s Eastern Breadbasket

The Winnipeg Water Supply

Ontario’s Canadian Shield and Boreal Forest

Highway Notes

Winnipeg to Kenora Elevation Chart

History of Trans-Canada Highway from Winnipeg to Kenora

Search Listings along this Itinerary

Thunder Bay

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Itinerary Details

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