Saskatchewan Highway 20

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.

Highway 20
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
Major intersections	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
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
← Highway 19 → Highway 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

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

From south to north:^[12]

Rural municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
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       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Transportation in Saskatchewan
• Roads in Saskatchewan

References

Template:Attached KML/Saskatchewan Highway 20

KML is from Wikidata

1. "Highway 20 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
2. "RESURFACING HIGHWAY 20 NEAR LANIGAN - Government of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
3. "HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS NEAR GUERNSEY - Government of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
4. "Town of Govan: Whooping Crane (Walter)". Big Things in Saskatchewan. 14 December 1998. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007.
5. "Lucien Lake Regional Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
6. "Last Mountain House Provincial Historic Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
7. "Last Mountain Regional Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
8. "RiverPark Campground". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
9. "Craven World Campground". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
10. "Humboldt and District Museum". Humboldt Museum. Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
11. "Strasbourg and District Museum". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
12. 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