Northern Woods and Water Route | ||||
Highway 55 highlighted in red. | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
Length | 650.1 km[1] (404.0 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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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 | ![]() | Continuation into Alberta | |||
Pierceland | 15.6 | 9.7 | ![]() | |||||
Peerless | 51.9 | 32.2 | ![]() | West end of Hwy 26 concurrency | ||||
| 53.3 | 33.1 | ![]() | East end of Hwy 26 concurrency | ||||
↑ / ↓ | | 71.2 | 44.2 | Crosses the Beaver River | ||||
Meadow Lake No. 588 | | 89.0 | 55.3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 111.0 | 69.0 | ![]() | West end of Hwy 4 concurrency | ||||
City of Meadow Lake | 120.9 | 75.1 | ![]() | East end of Hwy 4 concurrency | ||||
Meadow Lake No. 588 | | 132.1 | 82.1 | ![]() | ||||
| 140.1 | 87.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District | Green Lake | 170.3 | 105.8 | ![]() | Passes through Green Lake | |||
| 198.2 | 123.2 | ![]() | |||||
Big River No. 555 | Big River | 246.5 | 153.2 | Passes through Big River | ||||
| 254.5 | 158.1 | ![]() | |||||
| 255.6 | 158.8 | ![]() | |||||
Canwood No. 494 | Debden | 284.6 | 176.8 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 309.8 | 192.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Canwood | 310.3 | 192.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Shellbrook No. 493 | | 329.0 | 204.4 | ![]() | ||||
Shellbrook | 334.0 | 207.5 | ![]() | West end of Hwy 3 concurrency | ||||
Holbein | 346.7 | 215.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Buckland No. 491 |
No major junctions | |||||||
City of Prince Albert | 376.2 | 233.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | West end of Hwy 780 concurrency | |||
| 399.9 | 248.5 | ![]() ![]() | East end of Hwy 780 concurrency | ||||
Meath Park | 417.2 | 259.2 | ![]() | |||||
418.3 | 259.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Weirdale | 424.9 | 264.0 | Range Road 2230 | |||||
Torch River No. 488 | Smeaton | 454.7 | 282.5 | ![]() | ||||
Snowden | 464.4 | 288.6 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Choiceland | 475.9 | 295.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
White Fox | 505.0 | 313.8 | ![]() | West end of Hwy 35 concurrency | ||||
↑ / ↓ | | 512.8 | 318.6 | Nipawin Bridge across the Saskatchewan River | ||||
Nipawin No. 487 | Nipawin | 516.9 | 321.2 | ![]() | East end of Hwy 35 concurrency | |||
| 527.8 | 328.0 | ![]() | |||||
Moose Range No. 486 | | 545.1 | 338.7 | ![]() | ||||
| 545.7 | 339.1 | ![]() | |||||
| 572.6 | 355.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
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 | ![]() | Eastern terminus; NWWR follows Hwy 9 east | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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