Editing Great River Road (section)

===Canadian extensions===
The Great River Road formerly continued north into [[Canada]]. There were two routes, one from Bemidji into [[Ontario]] and the other from Lake Itasca into [[Manitoba]]. The former followed [[US 71 (MN)|US 71]] to the [[Fort Frances–International Falls International Bridge]], then [[Highway 71 (Ontario)|Highway 71]] to [[Longbow Corners, Ontario|Longbow Corners]] on the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] ([[Highway 17 (Ontario)|Highway 17]]) east of [[Kenora, ON|Kenora]]. Some sources indicate that it continued east on Highway 17 to [[Dryden, ON|Dryden]] or north on [[Highway 596 (Ontario)|Highway 596]] to [[Minaki, ON|Minaki]].{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}<!--and what about Fort Frances to Dryden via 502? these may have all been unofficial extensions--> The other route followed [[MN 200]] west from Lake Itasca to [[Zerkel, MN|Zerkel]], then ran north on [[MN 92]] to [[Clearbrook, MN|Clearbrook]], County 5 and BIA 3 to the shore of [[Lower Red Lake]], [[MN 89]] to [[Roseau, MN|Roseau]], and east on [[MN 11]] to [[Warroad, MN|Warroad]]. Crossing into Manitoba on [[MN 313]],<ref>{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1997 |link = yes |access-date= June 21, 2014}} (the last one to show the Canadian extensions)</ref> the Great River Road then followed [[Highway 12 (Manitoba)|Highway 12]] north to near [[Ste. Anne, MB|Ste. Anne]], [[Highway 1 (Manitoba)|Highway 1]] (Trans-Canada Highway) to [[Winnipeg, MB|Winnipeg]], and [[Highway 59 (Manitoba)|Highway 59]] to near [[Victoria Beach, MB|Victoria Beach]], where it turned southeast on [[Highway 11 (Manitoba)|Highway 11]] to near [[Seven Sisters Falls, MB|Seven Sisters Falls]], [[Manitoba Provincial Road 307|Provincial Road 307]] to near [[Rennie, Manitoba|Rennie]], [[Highway 44 (Manitoba)|Highway 44]] to near [[West Hawk Lake, MB|West Hawk Lake]], and finally east on the Trans-Canada Highway (Highways 1 and 17) to join the Ontario branch at Kenora.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher= Province of Manitoba |url= http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/archives/1965/02/1965-02-12-%27great_river_road%27_system_swings_into_province.pdf |title= 'Great River Road' System Swings Into Province |date= February 12, 1965 |author= Information Section, Department of Provincial Secretary |access-date= June 21, 2012}}</ref>