Highway 165 is a
provincial highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or ...
in the
Canadian province
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...
of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. It runs from
Highway 155 east to
Highway 106 and has a concurrency with
Highway 2.
Highway 165 runs west to east parallel to the boundary of the
Pre-Cambrian shield in northern Saskatchewan.
The highway crosses notable rivers such as the
Beaver River,
Montreal River, and
Smoothstone River
Smoothstone River is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It begins at Wabeno Lake in the Waskesiu Upland and traverses boreal forests and muskeg in the Mid-Boreal Upland en route to Pinehouse Lake of the Churchill River. The ...
. The communities of
Sakamayack and
Beauval are accessible from the highway. Recreational sites along the highway include Lac la Plonge Campground at the western end of
Lac la Plonge and
Jayjay Recreation Site at
Jayjay Lake near the intersection with Highway 106.
The entire route is within the
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD) is the unincorporated area of Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It encompasses approximately half of Saskatchewan's land mass. Despite its extent, the majority of Saskatchewanians live in the ...
. It is about long.
Major intersections
From west to east:
See also
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Transportation in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has a transportation infrastructure system of roads, highways, freeways, airports, ferries, pipelines, trails, waterways, and railway systems serving a population of approximately 1,132,505 (according to 2021 census) inhabitants year ...
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Roads in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, the middle of Canada's three prairie provinces, has an area of and population of 1,150,632 (according to 2016 estimates), mostly living in the southern half of the province.
Currently Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure ope ...
References
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165
Year 165 ( CLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Orfitus and Pudens (or, less frequently, year 918 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 165 for this year ...