Saskatchewan Highway 20 Explained

Province:	SK
Type:	Hwy
Route:	20
Photo Width:	250
Length Km:	291.1
Length Round:	1
Direction A:	South
Terminus A:	near Lumsden
Junction:	at Craven near Bulyea at Nokomis at Lanigan in Humboldt near Tway
Direction B:	North
Terminus B:	near Birch Hills
Rural Municipalities:	Lumsden, Longlaketon, McKillop, Last Mountain Valley, Wreford, Usborne, Wolverine, Humboldt, Three Lakes, Invergordon, Birch Hills
Cities:	Humboldt
Towns:	Lumsden, Lanigan, Birch Hills
Previous Type:	Hwy
Previous Route:	19
Next Type:	Hwy
Next Route:	21

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^[1]
• 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.^[2]

Major attractions

• 20 Feet (6.1 Metres) high Whooping Crane named Walter was built April 1987 by the side of Highway 20 near Govan^[3]
• Basin and Middle Lakes Migratory Bird Sanctuary
• Lucien Lake Regional Park near the village of Middle Lake^[4]
• Last Mountain House Provincial Park
• Last Mountain Regional Park^[5]
• Last Mountain Lake - Regina Beach, Saskatchewan Beach 11 km NW of Craven,^[6] Lumsden Beach
• River Park regional park and Campground near Lumsden.^[7]
• Craven World Campground near Craven which hosts the annual summer Craven Country Jamboree^[8]
• Humboldt & District Museum and Art Gallery and Humboldt Historic Water Tower^[9]
• Strasbourg Station railway station has been refurbished into the museum.^[10]

Trivia

• 1925 Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Elevator No. 1 opened at Bulyea junction^[11]
• June 1963, the European-based Alwinsal Corporation of Canada established near Lanigan now known as Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan^[12]

Major intersections

From south to north:^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: RESURFACING HIGHWAY 20 NEAR LANIGAN - Government of Saskatchewan . 2007-04-15 .
2. Web site: HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS NEAR GUERNSEY - Government of Saskatchewan . 2007-04-15 .
3. Web site: Town of Govan: Whooping Crane (Walter). Big Things in Saskatchewan. https://web.archive.org/web/20070407025805/http://www.bigthings.ca/sask/govan.html. April 7, 2007. December 14, 1998.
4. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . Sask Biz . Middle Lake Geography Middle Lake belongs to the Rural ... . 2004 . 2007-04-15 .
5. Web site: Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association. . Last Mountain Regional Park .
6. Web site: Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association. . Saskatchewan Beach Regional Park . 2007-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051131/http://www.saskregionalparks.ca/showPark.php?id=saskbeach . 2007-09-28.
7. Web site: Welcome to the Town of Lumsden . BCG Canada Inc . 2007 .
8. Web site: Craven World Campground . 2007-04-15 .
9. Web site: Humboldt Tourism .
10. Web site: Strickland. . James . Quick Saskatchewan vacation . 2006 . 2007-04-15 .
11. Web site: Bulyea Junction . 2007-04-15 .
12. Web site: Sask Biz . Government of Saskatchewan . Lanigan Geography Lanigan is located in south central Saskatchewan ... . 2004 . 2007-04-15 .
13. Book: Saskatchewan Road Atlas . 2004 . MapArt Publishing Corp. . Oshawa, ON . 25, 33, 42 . 1-55368-020-0 . 2007.