 From west to east, the Northern Woods and Water Route (NWWR) incorporates portions of British Columbia Highway 49; Alberta Highways 49, 2A, 2, & 55; Saskatchewan Highways 55 & 9; Manitoba Provincial Road 283 and Trunk Highways 10, 5, 68 & 6.The halfway point of the NWWR is approximately at Goodsoil, Saskatchewan.Fur traders and early settlers utilised the rivers and Red River cart roads such as "Long Trail" until the early 20th century when the railroad and bush planes supplemented travel to this northern boreal transition area.