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.

History

 * On September 26, 2000 Highway 20 saw construction in resurfacing the highway for 6.6 km just north of Lanigan
 * 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.

Major attractions

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

Trivia

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

Major intersections
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