Saskatchewan Highway 20

Highway 20 is a major road intended for travel by the public between Highway 11 Lumsden to Highway 3 at Birch Hills. Saskatchewan's main roadways are located in the central/southern geographical land area of rolling prairie and grass land in a western Canadian prairie province. This highway is one which runs south to north and is located just east of Saskatoon and just north of Regina. 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.

Highway 20
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
Length	291.1 km^[1] (180.9 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Hwy 11 near Lumsden
Major intersections	Hwy 99 at Craven Hwy 22 near Bulyea Hwy 15 at Nokomis Hwy 16 (TCH) at Lanigan Hwy 5 in Humboldt Hwy 41 near Tway
North end	Hwy 3 near Birch Hills
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipalities	Lumsden, Longlaketon, McKillop, Last Mountain Valley, Wreford, Usborne, Wolverine, Humboldt, Three Lakes, Invergordon, Birch Hills
Major cities	Humboldt
Towns	Lumsden, Lanigan, Birch Hills
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
← Hwy 19 → Hwy 21

Communities
Lumsden Craven Valeport Bulyea Strasbourg Duval Cymric Govan Hatfield Nokomis Lockwood Lanigan Burr Humboldt Pilger Middle Lake Birch Hills

History

• 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

• 20 Feet (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
• Last Mountain Regional Park^[6]
• Last Mountain Lake - Regina Beach, Saskatchewan Beach 11 km NW of Craven,^[7] Lumsden Beach
• River Park regional park and 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 Station railway station has been refurbished into the museum.^[11]

Trivia

• 1925 Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Elevator No. 1 opened at Bulyea junction^[12]
• June 1963, the European-based Alwinsal Corporation of Canada established near Lanigan now known as Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan^[13]

Major intersections

From south to north:^[14]

Rural municipality	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Lumsden No. 189	Lumsden	0.0	0.0	Hwy 641 south – Pense   Hwy 11 (Louis Riel Trail) – Saskatoon, Regina	Interchange; south end of Hwy 641 concurrency
	​	9.4	5.8	Hwy 729 east (Russell Hill Road)
↑ / ↓	​	9.9	6.2	Crosses the Qu'Appelle River
Longlaketon No. 219	Craven	10.0	6.2	Hwy 641 north – Earl Grey	North end of Hwy 641 concurrency
		10.3	6.4	Hwy 99 east – Southey
	​	19.6	12.2	Hwy 322 north – Silton
McKillop No. 220	​	35.9	22.3	Hwy 22 east – Southey, Fort Qu'Appelle
	Bulyea	39.1	24.3	Hwy 220 west – Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park
	Strasbourg	51.5	32.0	Hwy 731 east – Serath
Last Mountain Valley No. 250	No major junctions
Wreford No. 280	​	91.1	56.6	Hwy 15 east – Raymore	South end of Hwy 15 concurrency
	Nokomis	100.8	62.6	Hwy 15 west – Kenaston, Outlook	North end of Hwy 15 concurrency
		101.0	62.8	Hwy 744 east
Usborne No. 310	​	127.0	78.9	To Hwy 761 west – Drake
	Lanigan	138.6	86.1	Hwy 16 (TCH/YH) east – Yorkton	South end of Hwy 16 concurrency
		142.0	88.2	Hwy 761 – Drake, Leroy
	​	148.7	92.4	Hwy 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	Hwy 5 (Glen Hall Drive / 8th Avenue) – Saskatoon, Watson
Humboldt No. 370	​	199.7	124.1	Hwy 756 east – Annaheim
	​	212.2	131.9	Hwy 669 south	Near Fulda
Three Lakes No. 400	​	222.8	138.4	Hwy 777 east – Lake Lenore	Near Pilger; south end of Hwy 777 concurrency
	Middle Lake	227.0	141.1	Hwy 777 west – Cudworth	North end of Hwy 777 concurrency
Invergordon No. 430	​	258.8	160.8	Hwy 41 – Saskatoon, Wakaw, Melfort
	​	261.2	162.3	Tway Access Road
	​	266.1	165.3	Hwy 320 west – Domremy
	Crystal Springs	268.5	166.8	Hwy 778 east – Kinistino
Birch Hills No. 460	​	291.1	180.9	Hwy 3 (CanAm Highway) – Prince Albert, Birch Hills, Melfort
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Template:Attached KML/Saskatchewan Highway 20

KML is from Wikidata

1. Google (September 20, 2017). "Highway 20 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
2. "RESURFACING HIGHWAY 20 NEAR LANIGAN - Government of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 2007-04-15.
3. "HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS NEAR GUERNSEY - Government of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 2007-04-15.
4. . Big Things in Saskatchewan. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on April 7, 2007.
5. Government of Saskatchewan, Sask Biz (2004). "Middle Lake Geography Middle Lake belongs to the Rural ..." Retrieved 2007-04-15.
6. Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association. "Last Mountain Regional Park".
7. Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association. . Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
8. "Welcome to the Town of Lumsden". BCG Canada Inc. 2007.
9. "Craven World Campground". Retrieved 2007-04-15.
10. "Humboldt Tourism".
11. Strickland., James (2006). "Quick Saskatchewan vacation". Retrieved 2007-04-15.
12. "Bulyea Junction". Retrieved 2007-04-15.
13. Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan (2004). "Lanigan Geography Lanigan is located in south central Saskatchewan ..." Retrieved 2007-04-15.
14. Saskatchewan Road Atlas (2007 ed.). Oshawa, ON: MapArt Publishing Corp. 2004. pp. 25, 33, 42. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.

External links

•   Media related to Saskatchewan Highway 20 at Wikimedia Commons