Saskatchewan Highway 20

Provincial highway in Saskatchewan, Canada

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.

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]

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. Government of Saskatchewan, Sask Biz (2004). "Middle Lake Geography Middle Lake belongs to the Rural ..." Retrieved 15 April 2007.
6. Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association. "Last Mountain Regional Park".
7. Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association. "Saskatchewan Beach Regional Park". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
8. "Welcome to the Town of Lumsden". BCG Canada Inc. 2007.
9. "Craven World Campground". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
10. "Humboldt Tourism".
11. Strickland., James (2006). "Quick Saskatchewan vacation". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
12. "Bulyea Junction". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
13. Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan (2004). "Lanigan Geography Lanigan is located in south central Saskatchewan ..." Retrieved 15 April 2007.
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