Manitoba Provincial Road 391

Provincial Road 391 marker
Provincial Road 391
Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length323.0 km[1] (200.7 mi)
Existed1966[2]–present
Major junctions
South end PTH 6 in Thompson
Major intersections PR 280 near Thompson
North end PR 394 / PR 396 in Lynn Lake
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Major citiesThompson
TownsLeaf Rapids, Lynn Lake
Highway system
PR 384 PR 392

Provincial Road 391 (PR 391) is an all-weather gravel road connecting Thompson and Lynn Lake, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. PR 391 is located in the Wapisu Range.[3] PR 391 passes through Leaf Rapids, a community situated northwest of Thompson.[4] Lynn Lake is the last town PR 391 traverses, where it ends at an intersection with PR 394 and PR 396.

The designation of PR 391 was applied in 1966, running from Highway 10 in Simonhouse, using modern-day Highway 39 to Wekusko Lake. It also used modern-day Highway 6 between Highway 39 and Thompson, where a spur to Thompson Airport was designated as Provincial Road 382, a short spur outside of the city. By 1970, PR 382 was absorbed into PR 391. The construction of the section of PR 391 between Lynn Lake and Thompson was done between 1970 and 1974.

In 2016 province announced that a 322-kilometre section of PR 280, PR 391 connecting Lynn Lake and Thompson would be designated "Tom Cochrane's Life Is a Highway," commemorating the Lynn Lake-born singer-songwriter's 1991 hit song of that name.[5]

  1. ^ "overview map of PR 391" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1966-67map was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Woodland-Caribou-Conservation in 2000" (PDF). http://www.cpawsmb.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2007. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "Manitoba Community Profiles". Manitoba Community. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
  5. ^ "Province of Manitoba | News Releases | Tom Cochrane Honoured with 'Life Is A' Highway Designation on PR 391 from Thompson to Lynn Lake". Province of Manitoba. Retrieved 14 March 2017.