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Portage and Main
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Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates49°53′44″N 97°08′18″W / 49.89545°N 97.13838°W / 49.89545; -97.13838
Roads at
junction
Portage and Main Route 52 (Main Street)
Portage and Main Route 85 (Portage Avenue)
Portage and Main Route 57
Portage and Main YH
Construction
Typeat-grade intersection
OpenedJune 2, 1862 (1862-06-02)[1]
Maintained byCity of Winnipeg Public Works

Portage and Main is an intersection in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located where Portage Avenue (Route 85) and Main Street (Route 52) intersect. The corner is known as the "crossroads of Canada", due to its relative proximity to the longitudinal centre of Canada.

Formally, Portage & Main is a designated neighbourhood including the blocks immediately surrounding the intersection,[2] within larger Fort Rouge–East Fort Garry city ward.[3]

  1. ^ "Party for Portage and Main". Winnipeg Free Press. 2 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Neighbourhood". Winnipeg Open Data.
  3. ^ "Winnipeg.ca (UD) : 2016 Census".

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