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Provincial Road 280 (PR 280) is a road in the Canadian province of Manitoba.It runs from PR 391 northwest of Thompson to local streets in Gillam.The route is 291 kilometres (181 mi) long, which during its length, passes several large lakes and intersects with one provincial road, PR 290, just north of Gillam.
Gillam is a town on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, Canada.It is situated between Thompson and Churchill on the Hudson Bay Railway line.. Many residents of Gillam are employed by Manitoba Hydro at one of their many facilities or support groups.
Provincial Road 290 (also known as PR 290 or Highway 290) is a provincial road within the town limits of Gillam in the Canadian province of Manitoba. PR 290 begins at an intersection with PR 280 in Jacam, just north of the Long Spruce Generating Station, and heads to the northeast towards the abandoned town of Sundance. Most of PR 290's length ...
The Wapusk Trail is a winter road that starts in Gillam, Manitoba, where Manitoba Provincial Road 280, between Thompson, Manitoba and Gillam, Manitoba, ends.At 752 kilometres (467 mi) in length, the trail is the longest seasonal road in the entire world. [1]
The province's largest and smallest towns by land area are Gillam and Lac du Bonnet with land areas of 1,996.34 km 2 (770.79 sq mi) and 2.15 km 2 (0.83 sq mi) respectively. [4] The province previously had 50 towns before a series of provincially mandated amalgamations took effect on January 1, 2015.
Stephens Lake is a reservoir in the province of Manitoba in Canada north of Lake Winnipeg. The reservoir was created in 1971 by the Kettle Dam and received its official name of Stephens Lake in 1972. The lake is 32 kilometres (20 mi) long from the inflow of the Nelson River to the outflow at the Kettle Dam.
The entire length of the Trans-Canada Highway in the province of Manitoba is a 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of the Winnipeg city route and an 18 kilometre section in eastern Manitoba between the town of Falcon Lake and the Manitoba-Ontario provincial boundary which is a two-lane highway.
After passing southwest of the runways, PR 391 reaches a junction with the western terminus of PR 280, which brings people to Gillam. [1] After PR 280, PR 391 becomes a two-lane gravel road through the uninhabited portions of northern Manitoba. The route runs northwest and west for various points until reaching the area of Mooswuchi Lake.