Highway 26
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
Length	198.3 km[1] (123.2 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Hwy 4 north of North Battleford
Major intersections	Hwy 3 at Turtleford and St. Walburg Hwy 55 at Peerless
North end	Hwy 224 / Hwy 950 at Goodsoil
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipalities	Meota, Turtle River, Mervin, Frenchman Butte, Loon Lake, Beaver River
Towns	Turtleford, St. Walburg
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
← Hwy 25 → Hwy 27

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.

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.

• The Goodsoil Historical Museum Site, in Goodsoil, is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.^[5]
• Makwa Lake Provincial Park
• Makwa Lake
• Jackfish Lake just to the east of route near Meota.
• The Battlefords Provincial Park, which borders Jackfish Lake
• Meadow Lake Provincial Park
• Ernie the Turtle at Turtleford^[6]
• Windmill at Village of Edam^[7]

• Imhoff Museum & Art Gallery at St. Walburg^[8]

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

Major intersections

From south to north:^[9]

Rural municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Meota No. 468	​	0.0	0.0	Hwy 4 – Meadow Lake, The Battlefords	East of Prince
	Meota	14.3	8.9	Metinota Access Road	Road accesses the south shore of Jackfish Lake
	​	18.8	11.7	Hwy 697 north – Jackfish Lake	Road accesses the west shore of Jackfish Lake
Turtle River No. 469	Edam	42.4	26.3	Hwy 674 south / Hwy 769 east
Mervin No. 499	Mervin	60.3	37.5	Hwy 794 west
	Turtleford	68.7	42.7	Hwy 303 west – Lloydminster
		69.5	43.2	Hwy 3 east – Glaslyn, Prince Albert	South end of Hwy 3 concurrency
	Spruce Lake	88.4	54.9	Hwy 796 east
Frenchman Butte No. 501	​	98.7	61.3	Hwy 3 west – Paradise Hill	North end of Hwy 3 concurrency
	St. Walburg	102.7	63.8
	​	106.9	66.4	Hwy 795 east
Loon Lake No. 561	​	146.3	90.9	Hwy 304 east – Meadow Lake
	​	148.8	92.5	Hwy 699 east	South end of Hwy 699 concurrency
	Loon Lake	150.1	93.3	Hwy 699 west – Makwa Lake Provincial Park	North end of Hwy 699 concurrency
Beaver River No. 622	​	189.6	117.8	Hwy 55 east (NWRR) – Meadow Lake, Prince Albert	South end of Hwy 55 concurrency
	Peerless	191.0	118.7	Hwy 55 west (NWRR) – Pierceland, Cold Lake	North end of Hwy 55 concurrency
	​	191.8	119.2	Hwy 779 east – Dorintosh
	Goodsoil	198.3	123.2	Hwy 954 west Hwy 224 north – Meadow Lake Provincial Park
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus