Manitoba Provincial Road 394

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Provincial Road 394
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation
Length 96.30 km [1] (59.84 mi)
Existed 1966 [2] – present
Major junctions
South endManitoba secondary 391.svgManitoba secondary 396.svg PR 391 / PR 396 in Lynn Lake
 Manitoba secondary 398.svg PR 398 near Burge Lake Provincial Park
North end Manitoba– Saskatchewan provincial border
continues as Saskatchewan Highway 994 (jct).svg Hwy 994
Highway system

Manitoba provincial highways

← Manitoba secondary 393.svg PR 393 PR 396 Manitoba secondary 396.svg →

Provincial Road 394 (PR 394) is a 96.3-kilometre (59.8 mi) long gravel provincial highway in northwestern Manitoba. The route, the furthest northwest in the province, begins at an intersection with PR 391 and PR 396 in the town of Lynn Lake. The primary feature of PR 394 is the numerous lakes that the route passes, such as Zed and Vandekerckhove. The route terminates at the Saskatchewan provincial line, where it becomes Highway 994, a connector to the community of Kinoosao.

Manitoba Province of Canada

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

Provincial Road 391 (PR 391) is an all-weather gravel road connecting Thompson and Lynn Lake, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. PR 391 is located in the Wapisu Range. PR 391 passes through Leaf Rapids a community situated northwest of Thompson. Lynn Lake is the last town PR 391 traverses, where it ends at an intersection with PR 394 and PR 396.

Saskatchewan Province of Canada

Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without a natural border. It has an area of 651,900 square kilometres (251,700 sq mi), nearly 10 percent of which is fresh water, composed mostly of rivers, reservoirs, and the province's 100,000 lakes.

Contents

PR 394 was first constructed in 1961 as a gravel road from Lynn Lake and the Canadian National Railway to the east of Zed Lake. In 1962, it was extended to the provincial line with the connector at Co-Op Point to modern-day Kinoosao. The route was designated in 1966, along with the majority of the provincial highway system in Lynn Lake.

Canadian National Railway railway company

Canadian National is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.

Route description

PR 394 begins at an intersection with PR 391 and PR 396 (both parts of Sherritt Avenue) in the town of Lynn Lake. This intersection also serves as the terminus of PR 391 and PR 396. PR 394 runs northwest along Silver Street, passing through downtown Lynn Lake and north of the Marcel Colomb First Nation. After the intersection with Cobalt Street, the route leaves downtown Lynn Lake, passing east of the Lynn Lake Airport. PR 394 parallels the runway for the airport, passing the southwestern shore of Burge Lake, making a bend to the northwest and into an intersection with the southern terminus of PR 398, which connected to Burge Lake Provincial Park. [1]

Marcel Colomb First Nation Cree band in Canada

Marcel Colomb First Nation - (MCFN) Band #328 is a First Nations tribe aka Band, of approximately 417 Registered Rocky Cree people located in the area of Lynn Lake, Manitoba. Located within the reserve is a Water Treatment plant, 14 houses, Band Office and other infrastructure projects under development. The Black Sturgeon Falls Reserve locally referred to as Mile 21 or "the Promised Land", is located within the area of Hughes Lake - approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Lynn Lake.

Lynn Lake Airport airport in Manitoba, Canada

Lynn Lake Airport is an airport located adjacent to Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada. It features a 5,004 ft (1,525 m) paved runway, and is the furthest north runway of its type accessible by highway in Manitoba.

After PR 398, the route bends southwest along the shores of Barbara Lake. At the southwestern shore of the lake, PR 394 turns northwest, passing Ralph Lake. For a stretch of PR 394 heading northwestward, the route becomes a two-lane unpaved road through the lakes of northwestern Manitoba. Approaching the shores of Zed Lake, the route turns northward near the shores of the lake. PR 394 turns northwest again, crosses north of Zed Lake and turns northward at Vandekerckhove Lake. The route continued making these turns to the north and to the west for a while, passing the north of several lakes, including Vandekerckhove Lake. Along the northern shore of Vandekerckhove, PR 394 makes one of its few southwestern jobs, before turning west after the lake. [1]

PR 394 continues northwest through more lakes before jogging northwestward and soon southwestward. After another long westward jog, the route reaches the Saskatchewan provincial border in the locale of Co-Op Point, where the route becomes Highway 994, a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) long connector to Kinoosao. The junction marks the terminus of PR 394, 96.3 kilometres (59.8 mi) from Lynn Lake. [1]

Highway 994 is a provincial highway in the far north region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. One of the province's shortest highways, it is approximately 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) long. Highway 994 provides access to the isolated community of Kinoosao. Due to its geographic location, it is the only provincial highway in Saskatchewan that requires entering the neighboring province of Manitoba to travel it. The route begins at the shores of Reindeer Lake in Kinoosao and heads eastward a short distance to the provincial line, where it continues eastward as Manitoba Provincial Road 394 towards Lynn Lake, Manitoba.

History

In 1961, the province of Manitoba had a segment in Lynn Lake of road that was paved with gravel from the junction with the Canadian National Railway. The road went through downtown Lynn Lake and followed modern day PR 394's route up to a section to the east of Zed Lake. After Zed Lake, the route fell to a trail out to Garth Lake in Saskatchewan, south of modern-day Kinoosao. [3] By the next year, the gravel road had been extended to the Saskatchewan provincial line at Co-Op Point to modern-day Kinoosao. [4] In 1963, the section from Zed Lake to Co-Op Point was turned into an improved earth road, [5] and by 1966, the route had become designated as PR 394 as far as Vandekerckhove Lake. The junction with PR 398 was also designated at the same time. [2]

Junction list

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
No. 23 Lynn Lake 0.00.0Manitoba secondary 391.svgManitoba secondary 396.svg PR 391 / PR 396 (Sherritt Avenue) – Leaf Rapids, Fox Lake Western terminus of PR 391 and northern terminus of PR 396.
5.53.4Manitoba secondary 398.svg PR 398  – Burge Lake Provincial Park Southern terminus of PR 398.
East of Kinoosao, Saskatchewan 96.359.8Saskatchewan Highway 994 (jct).svg Hwy 994  – Kinoosao, SK Saskatchewan provincial line.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Google (April 11, 2015). "overview map of PR 394" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1966. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1961. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1962. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1963. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
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