Red Coat Trail

Red Coat Trail
Red Coat Trail marked in red and the Trans-Canada Highway marked in yellow
Route information
Length1,280.1 km[1] (795.4 mi)
Component
highways
AB 3, AB 4, AB 61, AB 889, AB 501, SK 13, MB 2
Major junctions
West end Highway 2 near Fort Macleod, AB
Major intersections
East end PTH 100 near Winnipeg, MB
Location
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Highway system

The Red Coat Trail is a 1,300-kilometre (810 mi) route that approximates the path taken in 1874 by the North-West Mounted Police in their March West from Fort Dufferin to Fort Whoop-Up.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Red Coat Trail in AB, SK, and MB" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Winkel, James (2006). "Red Coat Trail". Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Center University of Regina. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  3. ^ "Red Coat Trail - Tourism Saskatchewan". Places to go» Road Trips...»Red Coat. Sask Tourism. 2006. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.