Provincial Road 287 (PR 287) is a 57.8-kilometre-long (35.9 mi) east–west highway in the NorMan Region of Manitoba, providing the only road access to Clearwater Lake Provincial Park, The Pas Airport, Cormorant, and via its spur PR 384, Moose Lake.
 Provincial Road 287 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 57.8 km (35.9 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1966–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  PTH 10 at Prospector | |||
 PR 384 at Clearwater Lake Provincial Park | ||||
| East end | Cormorant | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editPR 287 begins as a paved two-lane highway at the locality of Prospector at an intersection with PTH 10, within Clearwater Lake Provincial Park. It heads east through the park, travelling along the southern shoreline of Clearwater Lake for several kilometres to pass along the north side of The Pas Airport. After curving through some wooded areas, the highway returns to the lakeshore, passing several lakeside cottages at an intersection with PR 384, which leads to Moose Lake. At a fork in the road, where PR 287 takes a right, the pavement ends, with PR 287 leaving the Provincial Park heading northeast through inland wooded areas of Cormorant Provincial Forest as a two-lane gravel road. The highway travels along the southern shoreline of Cormorant Lake for several kilometres before entering the hamlet of Cormorant, immediately making a right onto Fenner Street to cross a bridge over the narrow portion of the lake before coming to an end in the centre of town at an intersection with Station Road, directly beside the Winnipeg-Churchill Train (Hudson Bay Railway), which the highway ran parallel to for the majority of its length.[1][2]
Major intersections
edit| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| No. 21 | Prospector | 0.0 | 0.0 | PTH 10 – The Pas, Flin Flon | Western terminus |
| Town of The Pas | 10.9 | 6.8 |  The Pas Airport | Access road into airport | |
| No. 21 | Clearwater Lake Provincial Park | 18.5 | 11.5 | PR 384 south – Moose Lake | Northern terminus of PR 384 |
| 19.4 | 12.1 | Pavement ends | |||
| Cormorant | 57.2 | 35.5 | Bridge over Cormorant Lake Narrows | ||
| 57.8 | 35.9 | Fenner Street / Station Road | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Related route
edit Provincial Road 384 | |
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| Location | Clearwater Lake Provincial Park - Moose Lake |
| Length | 39.3 km (24.4 mi) |
| Existed | 1994–present |
Provincial Road 384 (PR 384) is a 39.3-kilometre-long (24.4 mi) north-south spur of PR 287 in the NorMan Region of Manitoba, providing the only road access to the hamlet of Moose Lake, the Mosakahiken Cree Nation, as well as the Moose Lakes, all of which are located in Saskatchewan River Delta. It is entirely a two-lane gravel road, with its only other major intersection being an access road to some reserves, North Moose Lake, and the Moose Lake Narrows Control Structure.[3][1][4]
| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Mosakahiken Cree Nation | Moose Lake | 0.0 | 0.0 | Birch Street / Martin Road | Southern terminus |
| | 3.9 | 2.4 | Moose Lake 31D | Access road into reserve | |
| | 19.1 | 11.9 | Moose Lake 31G, Moose Lake Control Structure, North Moose Lake | Access road | |
| No. 21 | Clearwater Lake Provincial Park | 39.3 | 24.4 |  PR 287 – The Pas, Cormorant | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section 6" (PDF). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 287" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section 4" (PDF). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 384" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 25 September 2024.