Saskatchewan Highway 20
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.svg) Highway 20 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 291.1 km[1] (180.9 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Highway 11 near Lumsden | |||
 Highway 99 at Craven Highway 22 near Bulyea Highway 15 at Nokomis Highway 16 (TCH) at Lanigan Highway 5 in Humboldt Highway 41 near Tway | ||||
| North end |  Highway 3 near Birch Hills | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Saskatchewan | |||
| Rural municipalities | Lumsden, Longlaketon, McKillop, Rural Municipality of Last Mountain Valley No. 250, Wreford, Usborne, Wolverine, Humboldt, Three Lakes, Invergordon, Birch Hills | |||
| Major cities | Humboldt | |||
| Towns | Lumsden, Lanigan, Birch Hills | |||
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Highway 20 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that runs between Highway 11 at Lumsden north to Highway 3 at Birch Hills. At the northern extremity near Lanigan, the highway helps to service the PCS Lanigan potash mining operation. Down south, the highway is popular for tourists heading out to the Qu'Appelle Valley and resorts and beaches of Last Mountain Lake.
History
[edit]- On September 26, 2000 Highway 20 saw construction in resurfacing the highway for 6.6 km just north of Lanigan[2]
- June 20, 2001, another resurfacing project resulted in improvements to a 12.9 km section of Highway 20 just north of Guernsey. It was just north of the Highway 16 junction, and northward and cost an estimated $800,000.[3]
Major attractions
[edit]Attractions accessed from Highway 20 include:
- 20-foot (6.1 metres) high Whooping Crane named Walter was built April 1987 by the side of Highway 20 near Govan[4]
- Basin and Middle Lakes Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Lucien Lake Regional Park near the village of Middle Lake[5]
- Last Mountain House Provincial Park[6]
- Last Mountain Regional Park[7]
- RiverPark Campground near Lumsden[8]
- Craven World Campground near Craven which hosts the annual summer Craven Country Jamboree[9]
- Humboldt & District Museum and Art Gallery and Humboldt Historic Water Tower[10]
- Strasbourg railway station in Strasbourg has been refurbished into a museum[11]
Major intersections
[edit]From south to north:[12]
| Rural municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Lumsden No. 189 | Lumsden | 0.0 | 0.0 |   Highway 641 south – Pense Highway 11 (Louis Riel Trail) – Saskatoon, Regina | Interchange; south end of Hwy 641 concurrency | |||
| | 9.4 | 5.8 |  Highway 729 east (Russell Hill Road) | |||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 9.9 | 6.2 | Crosses the Qu'Appelle River | ||||
| Longlaketon No. 219 | Craven | 10.0 | 6.2 | Highway 641 north – Earl Grey | North end of Hwy 641 concurrency | |||
| 10.3 | 6.4 | Highway 99 east – Southey | ||||||
| | 19.6 | 12.2 |  Highway 322 north – Silton | |||||
| McKillop No. 220 | | 35.9 | 22.3 | Highway 22 east – Southey, Fort Qu'Appelle | ||||
| Bulyea | 39.1 | 24.3 |  Highway 220 west – Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park | |||||
| Strasbourg | 51.5 | 32.0 |  Highway 731 east – Serath | |||||
| Last Mountain Valley No. 250 | No major junctions | |||||||
| Wreford No. 280 | | 91.1 | 56.6 | Highway 15 east – Raymore | South end of Hwy 15 concurrency | |||
| Nokomis | 100.8 | 62.6 | Highway 15 west – Kenaston, Outlook | North end of Hwy 15 concurrency | ||||
| 101.0 | 62.8 |  Highway 744 east | ||||||
| Usborne No. 310 | | 127.0 | 78.9 |  To Highway 761 west – Drake | ||||
| Lanigan | 138.6 | 86.1 |  Highway 16 (TCH/YH) east – Yorkton | South end of Hwy 16 concurrency | ||||
| 142.0 | 88.2 | Highway 761 – Drake, Leroy | ||||||
| | 148.7 | 92.4 | Highway 16 (TCH/YH) west – Saskatoon | North end of Hwy 16 concurrency | ||||
| Wolverine No. 340 Humboldt No. 370 | No major junctions | |||||||
| City of Humboldt | 186.8 | 116.1 | Highway 5 (Glen Hall Drive / 8th Avenue) – Saskatoon, Watson | |||||
| Humboldt No. 370 | | 199.7 | 124.1 |  Highway 756 east – Annaheim | ||||
| | 212.2 | 131.9 |  Highway 669 south | Near Fulda | ||||
| Three Lakes No. 400 | | 222.8 | 138.4 |  Highway 777 east – Lake Lenore | Near Pilger; south end of Hwy 777 concurrency | |||
| Middle Lake | 227.0 | 141.1 | Highway 777 west – Cudworth | North end of Hwy 777 concurrency | ||||
| Invergordon No. 430 | | 258.8 | 160.8 | Highway 41 – Saskatoon, Wakaw, Melfort | ||||
| | 261.2 | 162.3 | Tway Access Road | |||||
| | 266.1 | 165.3 |  Highway 320 west – Domremy | |||||
| Crystal Springs | 268.5 | 166.8 |  Highway 778 east – Kinistino | |||||
| Birch Hills No. 460 | | 291.1 | 180.9 |  Highway 3 (CanAm Highway) – Prince Albert, Birch Hills, Melfort | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]KML is from Wikidata
- ^ a b "Highway 20 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "RESURFACING HIGHWAY 20 NEAR LANIGAN - Government of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
- ^ "HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS NEAR GUERNSEY - Government of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
- ^ "Town of Govan: Whooping Crane (Walter)". Big Things in Saskatchewan. 14 December 1998. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007.
- ^ "Lucien Lake Regional Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Last Mountain House Provincial Historic Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Last Mountain Regional Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "RiverPark Campground". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Craven World Campground". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
- ^ "Humboldt and District Museum". Humboldt Museum. Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Strasbourg and District Museum". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Saskatchewan Road Atlas (2007 ed.). Oshawa, ON: MapArt Publishing Corp. 2004. pp. 25, 33, 42. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.
External links
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Media related to Saskatchewan Highway 20 at Wikimedia Commons
