page_title: Northern Woods and Water Route
section_title: Manitoba
hierarchical_section_title: Northern Woods and Water Route / Route description / Manitoba
caption_attribution_description: English: Deep Lake in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba
context_page_description: The Northern Woods and Water Route is a 2,400-kilometre route through northern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Western Canada. As early as the 1950s community groups came together to establish a northern travel route; this was proposed as the Northern Yellowhead Transportation Route. The Northern Woods and Water Route Association was established in 1974, and encouraged promotion of the route with the promise of an increase in tourist travel. The route was designated in 1974 and is well signed throughout its component highways. The route starts at Dawson Creek as the Spirit River Highway and ends at the Perimeter of Winnipeg, Manitoba, after running through the northern regions of the western provinces. From west to east, the Northern Woods and Water Route incorporates portions of British Columbia Highway 49; Alberta Highways 49, 2A, 2, & 55; Saskatchewan Highways 55 & 9; Manitoba Provincial Road 283 and Trunk Highways 10, 5, 68 & 6. The halfway point of the NWWR is approximately at Goodsoil, Saskatchewan.
context_section_description: Travel along the NWWR enters Manitoba via the MB PR 283 west ending at The Pas, a town of about 5,500 where the AADT increases to 980 vpd.   MB PR 283 provides 38.6 km (24.0 mi) of the NWWR where the economy has been supported by the fur trade, trapping, mining, fishing, logging and agricultural industries. The Pas, which has not yet incorporated as a city (requisite population of 5,000), is located south of the Saskatchewan River and south of the Clearwater Lake Provincial Park and Cormorant Provincial Forest.
    Travel along the NWWR out of The Pas continues south along MB PTH 10 and continues on MB PTH 10 for 411.6 km (255.8 mi). Pasquia River flows through The Pas, and travels west of the NWWR until it turns west to Saskatchewan near Westray.  Freshford and Westray are both within the R.M. of Kelsey.  Overflowing River, a small community with less than 100 residents is a part of the Unorganized Division No. 21.  Overflowing River community is located on the Overflowing River and at the north-west tip of Dawson Bay of Lake Winnipegosis whereas Makefing is east of the Porcupine Provincial Forest.  Bellsite, Novra, and Birch River are all small unorganised areas of Mountain (North) RM located west of Swan Lake.  Bowsman with a population of over 300, is the next largest village along the NWWR after The Pas.
    
  Swan River, in the Swan River valley, is  between the Duck Mountains and Porcupine Mountains.  North of Swan River, the AADT increases to about 2,000 vpd and the NWWR changes course at Swan River and bears east.  Minitonas is on the Favel River and at the junction of  MB PTH 10 and MB PR 366 south.  West of MB PTH 10 and MB PR 268 north intersection, traffic volume is over 1,100 vpd, and east of MB PR 268 traffic declines to about 750 vpd.  Renwer is a small community found in the Minitonas RM. The MB PTH 10 and MB PTH 20 intersection is located at the hamlet of Cowan in Mountain (South) RM and here the NWWR resumes its route south. Sclater and Pine River two places with populations less than 100 are also found in Mountain (South) RM. The NWWR is to the east of Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Duck Mountain Provincial Forest and west of Lake Winnipegosis.  Garland is located at the intersection of MB PR 489 east, MB PR 367 west, MB PTH 10A and MB PTH 10.  Ethelbert, a small hamlet of the R.M. of Ethelbert, is located at the intersection of MB PR 269 west, MB PR 274 south and MB PTH 10.  The AADT along MB PTH 10 declines to about 680 vpd near this intersection.
    Ashville is located north of the MB PTH 10 and MB PTH 5 junction in this parkland area of R.M. of Gilbert Plains.  The NWWR continues east along the MB PTH 5, using this connector route for a total of 40 km (25 mi). The city of Dauphin is located north of Riding Mountain National Park and south of Dauphin Lake.  Near this city, the traffic volume jumps to 2,750 vpd, with the heaviest day of the week being Friday, and the highest volume occurring between April and October during daylight hours.  Ochre River is located at the junction of MB PTH 10 and MB PR 582 south of Rainbow Beach Provincial Park.  Ste. Rose du Lac, a town of about 1,000, is at the intersection of MB PTH 5, MB PTH 68 and MB PR 276.  Near this intersection, the traffic volume declines to around 1,800 vpd.  At Ste. Rose du Lac, cattle capital of Manitoba, the NWWR continues west on MB PTH 68 and this connector highway will carry the NWWR for 128.2 km (79.7 mi).  Shergrove is located close to the turn off north from the easterly direction of MB PTH 68.  Ebb and Flow Lake is east of Eddystone which is part of R.M. of Alonsa.  Wapah, another small community, is between Ebb and Flow Lake, and Lake Manitoba.  [[Rural Municipality of Siglunes
  |R.M. of Siglunes]] administrates civic affairs for Vogar which is south of Dog Lake.  At Vogar the NWWR returns to an east direction.  At Mulvihill the NWWR turns south and the 10.4 km (6.5 mi) concurrency between MB PTH 68 and MB PTH 6 begins.
    At Eriksdale, MB PTH 68 turns east and the concurrency between MB PTH 68 and MB PTH 6 ends, however the NWWR con
caption: Riding Mountain National Park
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