Manitoba Highway 44

Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Provincial Trunk Highway 44
Historic Highway No. 1
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length	149 km (93 mi)
Existed	1968–present
Major junctions
West end	PTH 9 at Lockport
	PTH 59 at Kirkness PTH 12 at Beausejour PTH 11 near Whitemouth
East end	PTH 1 (TCH) near West Hawk Lake
Location
Districts	Unorganized Division No. 1
Rural municipalities	Brokenhead Lac du Bonnet Reynolds St. Andrews St. Clements Whitemouth
Towns	Beausejour
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways Winnipeg City Routes ← PTH 42 → PTH 45

It begins at Highway 9 near Lockport, north of Winnipeg. The highway travels east through Beausejour before heading southeast in concurrency with Highway 11 for approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) and then continues southeast through Whiteshell Provincial Park. PTH 44 ends at the Trans-Canada Highway near the Ontario boundary. It is a substandard highway through Whiteshell Park, more comparable to a Provincial Road with a narrow, more uneven surface. The speed limit along Highway 44 is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) outside Whiteshell Park and 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) within the park.

History

PTH 44 was originally part of Highway 1.[1] When the new Highway 1 route was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project in 1958, this section became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 9, 16, and 26).[2] The highway was renumbered to its current designation in 1968.[3]

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
St. Andrews	Lockport	0.0	0.0	PTH 9 – Gimli, Selkirk, Winnipeg	PTH 44 western terminus
		0.9	0.56	PR 238 south (River Road)
↑ / ↓		1.1– 1.6	0.68– 0.99	Crosses the Red River (St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge Dam)
St. Clements		1.8	1.1	PR 204 south (Henderson Highway) – Winnipeg	West end of PR 204 concurrency
	​	2.1– 2.4	1.3– 1.5	Crosses the Red River Floodway
	​	2.4– 2.8	1.5– 1.7	PR 204 north (Henderson Highway) – Selkirk	Interchange; east end of PR 204 concurrency
	Kirkness	6.0– 6.8	3.7– 4.2	PTH 59 – Grand Beach, Victoria Beach, Winnipeg	Interchange
	​	8.6	5.3	PR 206 south – Dugald, Landmark, Oakbank
	Highland Glen	13.5	8.4	PR 212 – Cooks Creek, East Selkirk
Brokenhead	Tyndall–Garson	18.5	11.5	Gillis Street	Former PR 306
	​	23.4	14.5	PTH 12 south – Steinbach, Ste. Anne	West end of PTH 12 concurrency
Town of Beausejour		31.6	19.6	First Street	Former PTH 4B
		33.2	20.6	PTH 12 north – Grand Beach	PTH 44 branches south; East end of PTH 12 concurrency
		34.9	21.7	PR 215 west (Park Avenue) PR 302 south – Richer, La Broquerie	PTH 44 branches east; former PTH 4B
Brokenhead	No major junctions
↑ / ↓	​	44.6	27.7	Road 48E	Former PR 316 north
Lac du Bonnet / Reynolds	Seddons Corner	49.6	30.8	PR 214 north (Milner Ridge Road)	Former PTH 11
Whitemouth	​	65.2	40.5	PTH 11 north – Lac du Bonnet, Powerview-Pine Falls	PTH 44 turns southeast; west end of PTH 11 concurrency
	​	75.0	46.6	PR 408 north – River Hills
	​	81.7	50.8	PR 406 south – Elma	PTH 11 / PTH 44 turns east
	​	85.2	52.9	PTH 11 south – Hadashville, Elma	East end of PTH 11 concurrency
Reynolds	​	115.0	71.5	Enters Whiteshell Provincial Park
	​	115.9	72.0	PR 307 west – Brereton Lake, White Lake	La Vérendrye Trail branches west on PR 307
No. 1	​	141.3	87.8	PR 312 east – Ingolf	PTH 44 turns south before PR 312 junction
	​	146.4	91.0	PR 301 west – Falcon Lake
	West Hawk Lake	147.2	91.5	unnamed road	Former PTH 1; PTH 44 turns south
	​	148.7	92.4	PTH 1 (TCH) – Kenora, Winnipeg	Interchange; PTH 44 and La Vérendrye Trail eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

References

1. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1956". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
2. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1959". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
3. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1968". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.