Northern Woods and Water Route | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
Length | 650.1 km[1] (404.0 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Hwy 55 at Alberta border | |||
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East end | Hwy 9 east of Mountain Cabin. | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Saskatchewan | |||
Rural municipalities | Beaver River RM, Meadow Lake RM, Northern Administration District, Big River RM, Canwood RM, Shellbrook RM, Buckland RM, Garden River RM, Paddockwood RM, Torch River RM, Nipawin RM, Moose Range RM, Hudson Bay RM | |||
Major cities | Prince Albert | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Highway 55 is a paved, undivided provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.[2] It runs from the Alberta border west of Pierceland (where it continues as Alberta Highway 55) to Highway 9 near Mountain Cabin. Highway 55 is about 652 kilometres (405 mi) long and forms part of the interprovincial Northern Woods and Water Route.
Several parks and points of interest are accessed from Highway 55. Some of these include:
Rural municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Beaver River No. 622 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hwy 55 west (NWWR) – Cold Lake, Edmonton | Continuation into Alberta | |||
Pierceland | 15.6 | 9.7 | Hwy 21 – Paradise Hill, Meadow Lake Provincial Park | |||||
Peerless | 51.9 | 32.2 | Hwy 26 north – Goodsoil, Meadow Lake Provincial Park | West end of Hwy 26 concurrency | ||||
| 53.3 | 33.1 | Hwy 26 south – Loon Lake, St. Walburg | East end of Hwy 26 concurrency | ||||
↑ / ↓ | | 71.2 | 44.2 | Crosses the Beaver River | ||||
Meadow Lake No. 588 | | 89.0 | 55.3 | Hwy 699 south – Loon Lake | ||||
| 111.0 | 69.0 | Hwy 4 north – Meadow Lake Provincial Park | West end of Hwy 4 concurrency | ||||
City of Meadow Lake | 120.9 | 75.1 | Hwy 4 south – Glaslyn, The Battlefords | East end of Hwy 4 concurrency | ||||
Meadow Lake No. 588 | | 132.1 | 82.1 | Hwy 903 north – Canoe Narrows | ||||
| 140.1 | 87.1 | Hwy 698 south | |||||
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District | Green Lake | 170.3 | 105.8 | Hwy 155 north – Beauval, Buffalo Narrows, La Loche | Passes through Green Lake | |||
| 198.2 | 123.2 | Hwy 924 north – Sled Lake | |||||
Big River No. 555 | Big River | 246.5 | 153.2 | Passes through Big River | ||||
| 254.5 | 158.1 | Hwy 942 north | |||||
| 255.6 | 158.8 | Hwy 922 north | |||||
Canwood No. 494 | Debden | 284.6 | 176.8 | Hwy 793 west – Leoville | ||||
| 309.8 | 192.5 | Hwy 790 west | |||||
Canwood | 310.3 | 192.8 | Hwy 694 south | |||||
Shellbrook No. 493 | | 329.0 | 204.4 | Hwy 240 north – Prince Albert National Park | ||||
Shellbrook | 334.0 | 207.5 | Hwy 3 west to Hwy 40 west – Spiritwood, The Battlefords | West end of Hwy 3 concurrency | ||||
Holbein | 346.7 | 215.4 | Hwy 693 north – Sturgeon Valley | |||||
Buckland No. 491 |
No major junctions | |||||||
City of Prince Albert | 376.2 | 233.8 | Hwy 2 / Hwy 3 east – Prince Albert National Park, La Ronge, Melfort, Saskatoon | Interchange; east end of Hwy 3 concurrency | ||||
377.0 | 234.3 | Riverside Drive | Westbound access to Hwy 2 south / Hwy 3 east | |||||
Buckland No. 491 | | 393.6 | 244.6 | Pulp Haul Road | ||||
Garden River No. 490 | | 395.9 | 246.0 | Hwy 780 east | West end of Hwy 780 concurrency | |||
| 399.9 | 248.5 | Hwy 780 west | East end of Hwy 780 concurrency | ||||
Meath Park | 417.2 | 259.2 | Hwy 355 west – Spruce Home | |||||
418.3 | 259.9 | Hwy 120 north – Candle Lake, Creighton | ||||||
Weirdale | 424.9 | 264.0 | Range Road 2230 | |||||
Torch River No. 488 | Smeaton | 454.7 | 282.5 | Hwy 106 north (Hanson Lake Road) – Creighton, Flin Flon | ||||
Snowden | 464.4 | 288.6 | Hwy 691 north | |||||
Choiceland | 475.9 | 295.7 | Hwy 6 south – Melfort, Regina Hwy 692 north | |||||
White Fox | 505.0 | 313.8 | Hwy 35 north – Tobin Lake (west/north shores) | West end of Hwy 35 concurrency | ||||
↑ / ↓ | | 512.8 | 318.6 | Nipawin Bridge across the Saskatchewan River | ||||
Nipawin No. 487 | Nipawin | 516.9 | 321.2 | Hwy 35 south (1st Avenue E) / Nipawin Road – Tisdale | East end of Hwy 35 concurrency | |||
| 527.8 | 328.0 | Hwy 255 north – Tobin Lake | |||||
Moose Range No. 486 | | 545.1 | 338.7 | Hwy 23 south – Carrot River, Porcupine Plain | ||||
| 545.7 | 339.1 | Hwy 123 north – Cumberland House | |||||
| 572.6 | 355.8 | Hwy 690 south | |||||
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District | | 589.1 | 366.0 | Red Earth Access Road – Red Earth First Nation | ||||
| 611.9 | 380.2 | Pakwaw Lake Access Road – Shoal Lake First Nation | |||||
| 650.1 | 404.0 | Hwy 9 – The Pas, Hudson Bay, Yorkton | Eastern terminus; NWWR follows Hwy 9 east | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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