Saskatchewan_Highway_26

Saskatchewan Highway 26

Saskatchewan Highway 26

Provincial highway in Saskatchewan, Canada

Highway 26 is a highway in the western portion of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The southernmost point is a junction with Highway 4, north of North Battleford. From there, it runs generally northwest, including a 29 km concurrency with Highway 3 from just north of Turtleford to just south of St. Walburg, where it turns to a more northerly route (while Highway 3 continues west). Highway 26 continues north until it terminates at a junction with Highway 224 and Highway 950, at the northern edge of the village of Goodsoil.

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Route description

The southern 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the 200-kilometre (120 mi) Highway 26 runs beside a former Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) branch line from Prince to St. Walburg, which CNoR built out from North Battleford and steadily extended until 1919.[2][3] The rail line, and adjoining roads, caused a boom in the area, as early homesteaders were then able to deliver their production to grain elevators.[4][3] The Canadian National Railway abandoned the entire branch line in 2005, when the remaining grain elevators closed, with grain now transported by truck on Highway 26.[4]

Major attractions

Along Highway 26 these are a listing of lakes, big things, statues, historical markers, beaches, historical sites and buildings, national, regional and provincial parks.

  • St.Walburg & District Historical Museum at St. Walburg[8]

Major intersections

From south to north:[9]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Google (31 January 2018). "Highway 26 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    Russell, Edmund T. (1973), What's In a Name: The Story Behind Saskatchewan Place Names (3rd edition), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Prairie Books, p. 200, ISBN 0-88833-053-7
  3. [3]
    Waghorn's Guide (1914). "Map of Western Canada showing part of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta". Stovel Co. Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. [4]
    Troy A. M. Zimmer (14 September 2008). "Abandoned Rail Lines in Saskatchewan" (PDF). Saskatchewan Trails Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Goodsoil Historical Museum Site". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  6. [6]
    Yanciw, David (20 July 2004), Town of Turtleford, Saskatchewan, retrieved 27 September 2016
  7. [7]
    Yanciw, David (20 July 2004), Village of Edam, Saskatchewan, retrieved 27 September 2016
  8. [8]
    Sask Tourism, Heart of the Old Northwest (PDF), retrieved 17 April 2007
  9. [9]
    MapArt (2007). Saskatchewan Road Atlas (Map) (2007 ed.). 1:540,000. Oshawa, ON: Peter Heiler Ltd. pp. 10, 16, 17, 23. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.
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