Dawson Road National Historic Event
Ste. Anne, Manitoba
Original plaque
(© ©Parks Canada Agency / Agence Parcs Canada, 2004)
Address :
Ste. Anne, Manitoba
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1933-05-25
Other Name(s):
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Dawson Road
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Land and water route from Lake Superior to Red River, completed 1871
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: In front of the Municipal Hall Ste. Anne, Manitoba
This land and water route from Fort William to Red River was Canada's first attempt to provide an all-Canadian highway linking the east with the prairies. Length 530 miles, surveyed 1858, begun 1868, completed 1871.