Provincial Trunk Highway 20 (PTH 20) is a provincial highway in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

. It runs from PTH 5 and PR 582 just south of Ochre River

Ochre River, Manitoba

Ochre River is a small community in the Canadian province of Manitoba approximately half-way between Dauphin and Ste. Rose du Lac. The community has a post office, hotel, school, community center, and a municipality office. It lies in the similarly named Rural Municipality of Ochre River.Originally...

 to PTH 10

Manitoba Highway 10

Provincial Trunk Highway 10 is a north-south highway that runs from the North Dakota border at the International Peace Garden near Boissevain, north through Brandon, Dauphin, Swan River, and The Pas to the Saskatchewan boundary at Flin Flon. The speed limit is 100 km/h...

 in the village of Cowan.

PTH 20 begins by turning west toward Dauphin

Dauphin, Manitoba

Dauphin is a small city in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 7,906 as of 2006. The nearby lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne...

. It then turns north just before the Dauphin city limits (PTH 20A

Manitoba Highway 20A

Provincial Trunk Highway 20A is a long provincial highway spur in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its main purpose is to provide access to Dauphin for any traffic using PTH 20....

 actually enters Dauphin) to provide access to the western shores of Dauphin Lake

Dauphin Lake

Dauphin Lake was named for the heir to the French throne in 1739 by Francois de La Verendrye. It is in western Manitoba near the city of Dauphin, Manitoba. The lake covers an area of and has a drainage basin of about . The Mossey River drains the lake into Lake Winnipegosis. The basin is drained...

 and Lake Winnipegosis

Lake Winnipegosis

Lake Winnipegosis is a large lake in central North America, in Manitoba, Canada, some 300 km northwest of Winnipeg. It is Canada's eleventh-largest lake...

. Along this stretch, PTH 20 passes through the town of Winnipegosis

Winnipegosis, Manitoba

Winnipegosis is a village of approximately 630 people, located at . Farmlands surround the town. There is a beach in town on Lake Winnipegosis. The Mossey River flows into the lake. Except for its lakeshore, it is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Mossey River. Once there was a thriving...

. The highway continues north until it meets PR 272

Manitoba Provincial Road 272

Provincial Road 272 is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Highway 20 near Camperville to the village of Duck Bay....

 just north of the village of Camperville

Camperville, Manitoba

Camperville is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Many Métis people live in this community. It is situated on Lake Winnipegosis....

.

From this point, PTH 20 becomes an east-west highway. It skirts the southern boundary of the Swan-Pelican Provincial Forest before meeting PTH 10 at Cowan, where it ends.

The speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph).