Highway 56 is a
provincial highway
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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 ...
. The highway runs from
Highway 1 near
Indian Head to
Highway 210 within
Echo Valley Provincial Park
Echo Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located west of the town of Fort Qu'Appelle in the Qu'Appelle Valley between Echo Lake and Pasqua Lake in the RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187. The thre ...
. It is about long.
Highway 56 travels along the eastern shore of
Katepwa Lake
Katepwa Lake () is a recreational lake in the Qu’appelle Valley in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake's name likely originated from the Cree word , which means "What is calling?" Katepwa Lake is eastern most and farthest downs ...
and the northern shores of
Mission
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to:
Geography Australia
*Mission River (Queensland)
Canada
*Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality
* Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
* ...
and
Echo Lakes of the
Fishing Lakes
The Fishing Lakes, also called the Calling Lakes or the Qu'Appelle Lakes, are a chain of four lakes in the Qu'Appelle Valley cottage country about to the north-east of Regina in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lakes are in a regio ...
.
Major intersections
From south to north:
Photo gallery
File:Hwy 56 Lebret 01.jpg, Hwy 56 through Lebret, facing east
File:Hwy 56 Lebret 02.jpg, Hwy 56 through Lebret, facing west
See also
*
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 ...
*
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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056 56 may refer to:
* 56 (number)
* One of the years 56 BC, AD 56, 1956, 2056
* 56.com, a Chinese online video platform
* Fiftysix, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in the United States
* Fifty-Six, Arkansas, a city in the United States
* "Fifty ...