Provincial Trunk Highway 18 (PTH 18) is a provincial highway in the

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. It is a north-south route; the southern terminus is the St. John–Lena Border Crossing at the

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and the northern terminus is at PTH 2, southeast of Wawanesa. The highway passes through the communities of

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and Ninette. It is designated as an RTAC route, meaning it is capable of handling RTAC vehicles such as a truck, a truck and pony trailer, a truck and full trailer, a truck tractor and semi-trailer, an A-train, a B-train, or a C-train.

History

PTH 18 was designated by 1928 from the

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border to south of

. In 1929, it extended north to Wawanesa, replacing PTH 19.

Route description

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port of exit for travelers from the

to Canada. The

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is located just south of the Turtle Mountains Provincial Park. At the junction with PR 341 is the unincorporated area of Lena just north of the U.S.– Canada border which provides the Canadian port of entry for travellers from the

. PTH 3 demarks the historic Boundary Commission Trail route which connected western communities to the Rocky Mountains of

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. It ran just south of the community. North-West Mounted Police used the trail, as they travelled west to the Rockies in an effort to tame the prairie. The town of

in Manitoba's Westman Region is situated on the banks of the Killarney Lake. Agriculture is the main economic mainstay of this region in south Manitoba drawing 1,500 tourists to the lake and cottage country in the summer. The

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intersects PTH 18 at

. Ninette is featured north of Pelican Lake and south of the small Bone Lake. Ninette Marina and the Yacht club Marina provides boat launch and harbour on Pelican Lake, the largest water body of southwestern Manitoba. The CNR intersects PTH 18 at Ninette. Pelican Lake Agri Fair and The Pelican Lake Regatta are summer festivals at Ninette.

Traffic volume

Major intersections

References

External links

Manitoba government Official Highway Map
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