PTH 44 begins in the
Rural Municipality of St. Andrews at an intersection with
PTH 9 in
Lockport, with the road heading southeast as a two-lane highway through neighborhoods to have an intersection with
PR 238 (River Road) and cross the
Red River via the
St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge Dam. The highway enters the
Rural Municipality of St. Clements, passing by
Lockport Provincial Park and several businesses, where it has a short
concurrency (overlap) with
PR 204 (Henderson Highway) as it crosses the
Red River Floodway to leave Lockport. After PR 204 splits off at an interchange, PTH 44 heads east to pass through
Kirkness, where it has an interchange with
PTH 59 and widens to a four lane divided highway. It has an intersection with
PR 206 just prior to traveling through
Highland Glen, where it junctions with
PR 212. PTH 44 enters the
Rural Municipality of Brokenhead as it travels through
Garson and
Tyndall, becoming concurrent with
PTH 12 and the two run along the northern edge of the town of
Beausejour, where PTH 44 splits off and heads south as a two-lane. PTH 44 runs along the eastern edge of town before heading east at an intersection with
Park Avenue (PR 215) and
PR 302. It leaves Beausejour, traveling across the
Brokenhead River and past the communities of
St. Ouens and
Golden Bay to start straddling the border between the Rural Municipalities of
Lac du Bonnet and
Reynolds for the next several kilometers. PTH 44 travels through woodlands, passing by
Molson and
Seddons Corner (where it has an intersection with
PR 214), before entering the
Rural Municipality of Whitemouth at
Seigs Corner. The highway begins a concurrency with
PTH 11 here and the two head southeast along the banks of the
Whitemouth River for several kilometers, having an intersection with
PR 408 before passing straight through the town of
Whitemouth. PTH 11 / 44 junction with
PR 406 just prior to crossing the Whitemouth River, with PTH 11 splitting and heading south towards
Elma a short distance later. The highway enters the
Rural Municipality of Reynolds and begins traveling through remote woodlands for the next several kilometers. PTH 44 travels through the community of
Rennie before entering
Whiteshell Province Park, with the road becoming narrow and windy for the next after an intersection with
PR 307. It joins the
La Vérendrye Trail here, traveling through remote sections of the park, junctioning with
PR 312 as it goes around the western side of
West Hawk Lake. PTH 44 travels through the community of
West Hawk Lake, where the highway make a sharp right before coming to an end at an interchange with
PTH 1 (
Trans-Canada Highway). ==History==