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HIGHWAY 1 - THE TRANS CANADA

(Map of TCH, Manitoba.)
Author's note: Original map by RAND McNALLY, butchered by Lee. A Wood

In the Province of Manitoba, Canada.

The original YH (Yellowhead Highway) went from Jasper, Alberta, through the Rocky Mountains, on an old railroad grade, to the town of Tête Jaune Cache, B. C. (British Columbia) (French for yellow head) from whence the highway got it's name.
Over the years, various groups have used the Yellowhead to promote tourism to their area. Consequently the Western end (or start) of the YH is now the city of Masset, B. C. on the Queen Charlotte Islands.
They have also designated highway 5 (From Tête Jaune to Hope, B. C.) as the Southern Yellowhead Highway.
Rumour has it that they are now trying to move the Southern terminus to Abbottsford, B. C. so they can include part of the TCH (Trans Canada Highway) in their tourist promotions.

WEST FROM WINNIPEG TO THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN

The following photographs were taken from Dec. `08 to June `09

Winnipeg, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - (TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, street signs, buildings, clouds.
LEAVING WINNIPEG - WEST BOUND
Winnipeg, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, street signs, buildings, clouds.
I WONDER, HOW MANY CITIES ARE KNOW AS `THE WINDY CITY'?
Winnipeg, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, signs, flat fields of green.
Winnipeg, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green.

Officially the Y H starts (and/or ends) in downtown Winnipeg (Corner of Portage and Main.) and follows the TCH through the city to West of Portage la Prairie, where it leaves the TCH and turns North.

Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, rail cars lined up a Colourful grain elevator, snow.
Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, in a field beside highway a grain trailer, bracken in the middle, snow.
Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow.
Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green.
White Horse Plain, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green, buildings at highway junction, statue of white horse.
JUNCTION - TO `WHITE HORSE PLAIN'
White Horse Plain, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, buildings at highway junction, statue of white horse.
(TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) 2 lane highway, green, fields.)
(TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) houses in field of green beside highway - road sign - mileage to -.)
ANOTHER 1/2 HOUR TO PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MAN.
1 1/2 TO BRANDON, MAN.
Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green, auto wrecker for big trucks.
NEED A PART FOR YOUR RIG?
Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, small bridge over small river.
ASSINIBOINE RIVER
Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green, long rows of stacked hay bales falling over.
ACRES OF HAY GOING TO ROT
Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green, long rows of stacked hay bales falling over.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green.
JUNCTION - TO THE CITY OF PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, sign says portage....
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway splits, overhead sign Brandon Portage.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, lager storage tank.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, rows of houses with snow topped roofs.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green, with large areas of water.
A RAINY SPRING (`09) LEAVES FIELDS IN FLOOD
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, tall concrete silos.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, farm implement dealer, all equipment covered with snow.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, front end loader clearing snow from an overhead.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - YH, Yellowhead Hwy. - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, highway bridge over frozen water.

(Manitoba - TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, green, fields on one side, rusted `49 Ford 1/2 ton pickup holding up a sign.)
(Manitoba - TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) houses and grain storage bins in field of snow beside highway.)
Manitoba - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, truck sales, rows of new trucks - Close up with snow.
Manitoba - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, truck sales, rows of new trucks.
Manitoba - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green, rail cars lined up at grain elevator.
Manitoba - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, farm house and grain bins.
Manitoba - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of green, miniature grain elevator on wheels.
Manitoba- TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, house among trees on a field of snow.
(Grand Valley, Manitoba - TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, green, fields on one side, trees on the other.)
GRAND VALLEY
(Grand Valley, Manitoba, TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) houses in field of snow beside highway, road dips into valley.)
Manitoba - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow - tiny grain bins on horizon.
Manitoba- TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, house among trees on a field of snow.
(Grand Valley, Manitoba - TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, house among trees on a field of snow.)
(Manitoba TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) houses in field of snow, house among trees on a field of snow.)

(Virden, Manitoba TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) houses in field of snow beside highway, line up of rail cars on track.)
(Virden, Manitoba, TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) houses in field of snow beside highway, road side sign.)
VIRDEN
(Virden,
ELKHORN
(Virden, Manitoba- TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, flat fields of snow, close up of building, church.
(Morris, Manitoba, TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) town, businesses along highway.)
MORRIS - I believe
(Morris, Manitoba - TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, town, businesses along highway.
(Morris, Manitoba- TCH, (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, town, businesses along highway.
(Morris, Manitoba - TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) 4 lane highway, town, businesses along highway.)
(Manitoba, TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) sun setting in West.)
(Manitoba, TCH (Trans Canada Hwy.) trees and sign beside highway.)
LEAVING MANITOBA

These pictures may not be in order. I made several trips along this stretch of highway and took pictures in both directions through three of the four season of the year.

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