Saskatchewan Highway 21

Highway 21 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Montana Secondary Highway 233 at the United States border near Willow Creek to Highway 950/Highway 919 within the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Highway 21 is about 715 km (444 mi) long.[1]

Highway 21
Route information
Length	714.6 km[1] (444.0 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Canada–U.S. border (S-233) at Willow Creek
	Hwy 13 near Govenlock Hwy 1 (TCH) near Maple Creek Hwy 7 in Kindersley Hwy 31 / Hwy 51 in Kerrobert Hwy 14 in Unity Hwy 40 near Cut Knife Hwy 16 (TCH) near Maidstone Hwy 3 near Paradise Hill Hwy 55 in Pierceland
North end	Hwy 919 / Hwy 950 in Meadow Lake Provincial Park
Location
Rural municipalities	Reno, Big Stick, Fox Valley, Happyland, Chesterfield, Newcombe, Kindersley, Oakdale, Progress, Mariposa, Grass Lake, Tramping Lake, Round Valley, Cut Knife, Hillsdale, Eldon, Frenchman Butte, Loon Lake, Beaver River
Towns	Maple Creek, Leader, Eatonia, Kindersley, Kerrobert, Unity, Maidstone
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan ← Hwy 20 → Hwy 22

Highway 21 passes through the major communities of Maple Creek, Kindersley, Kerrobert, and Unity. Highway 21 intersects three major western Saskatchewan highways: Highway 1, Highway 7, and Highway 16.

Highway 21 has average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 500 vehicles a day and truck traffic is 30% of this total. Unity has two inland grain terminals. The oil and gas industry is also active in this area.[2]

History

The original Provincial Highway 21 is between Highway 13 west of Robsart and Leader.[3] It originally continued west from Leader to Estuary and Empress, Alberta, before it turned north and followed Range Road 3293, adjacent to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. It followed a series of country roads through Loverna, Macklin, and Lloydminster to Onion Lake.[3] In the 1930s, the Leader-Empress section was renumbered to Highway 32 while the Empress-Onion Lake was renumbered to Highway 17 (the section south of Macklin was later decommissioned).[4][5]

At the same time, Provincial Highway 30 ran from Lemsford, through Glidden and Kindersley, to Kerrobert; the section between Lemsford and Glidden was decommissioned in the 1940s.[3][4][5] In the 1960s, Highway 330 was commissioned between Kerrobert, through Unity, to Highway 40 west of Cut Knife. Provincial Highway 48 ran between Grovenlock and Willow Creek; however in the 1960s, it was renumbered to Highway 348.[4][6]

In 1971, the Chesterfield Bridge across the South Saskatchewan River was opened, extending Highway 21 to Eatonia.[6][7] Bridges were opened across the Battle and North Saskatchewan Rivers were opened later in the decade, and along with the renumbering Highways 348, 30, and 330, Highway 21 assumed its present length.[8]

Major intersections

From south to north:[9]

Rural municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Reno No. 51	​	0.0	0.0	S-233 south – Havre	Continues into Montana
				Canada–United States border at Willow Creek Border Crossing
	Govenlock	29.2	18.1	Hwy 13 west – Alberta border, Manyberries	Hwy 21 branches east; south end of Hwy 13 concurrency
	Senate	43.8	27.2	Hwy 615 north – Fort Walsh
	Consul	56.8	35.3	Range Road 3271
	​	73.1	45.4	Hwy 13 east – Eastend, Shaunavon	Hwy 21 branches north; north end of Hwy 13 concurrency
Maple Creek No. 111	​	94.9	59.0	Hwy 706 east – Belanger
	​	107.5	66.8	Hwy 221 west – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Centre Block)
	Maple Creek	134.1	83.3	Hwy 271 south – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (West Block), Fort Walsh Hwy 724 (5th Avenue)
	​	144.4	89.7	Hwy 1 (TCH) – Medicine Hat, Calgary, Swift Current, Regina
Big Stick No. 141	​	171.2	106.4	Hwy 728 west – Golden Prairie	South end of Hwy 728 concurrency
	​	177.7	110.4	Hwy 728 east	North end of Hwy 728 concurrency
Fox Valley No. 141	Fox Valley	198.0	123.0	Hwy 371 west – Richmound
Happyland No. 231	Liebenthal	221.9	137.9	Hwy 321 west – Burstall
	​	234.9	146.0	Mendham access road
	Leader	247.0	153.5	Hwy 32 east – Swift Current
		247.8	154.0	Hwy 741 west – Estuary, Estuary Ferry
↑ / ↓	​	256.6	159.4	Crosses the South Saskatchewan River
Chesterfield No. 261	Eatonia	288.0	179.0	Hwy 44 west – Alsask	South end of Hwy 44 concurrency
Newcombe No. 260	Glidden	307.2	190.9	Hwy 44 east – Eston Hwy 649 south – Lemsford Ferry, Lemsford	Hwy 21 branches north; north end of Hwy 44 concurrency
Kindersley No. 290	Kindersley	333.3	207.1	Hwy 7 – Alsask, Calgary, Rosetown, Saskatoon
Oakdale No. 320	​	359.1	223.1	Hwy 307 west – Coleville
	​	369.3	229.5	Hwy 31 east – Rosetown	South end of Hwy 31 concurrency
Progress No. 351	Kerrobert	382.9	237.9	Hwy 51 east – Biggar	Hwy 21 / Hwy 31 concurrency branches northwest; south end of Hwy 51 concurrency
		385.3	239.4	Hwy 31 west / Hwy 51 west – Macklin, Major, Consort	Hwy 21 concurrency branches north; north end of Hwy 31 / Hwy 51 concurrency
Progress No. 351[lower-alpha 1] Mariposa No. 350[lower-alpha 2]	​	402.6	250.2	Hwy 771 east – Luseland
↑ / ↓[lower-alpha 3]	​	409.1	254.2	Hwy 374 east – Tramping Lake
Grass Lake No. 381[lower-alpha 1] Tramping Lake No. 380[lower-alpha 2]	No major junctions
Round Valley No. 410	Unity	443.2	275.4	Hwy 14 – Macklin, Wilkie, Saskatoon
	​	462.7	287.5	Hwy 787
Cut Knife No. 439	​	478.8	297.5	Hwy 40 east – Cut Knife, The Battlefords	Hwy 21 branches west; south end of Hwy 40 concurrency
Hillsdale No. 440	​	489.0	303.9	Baldwinton access road
	​	494.3	307.1	Hwy 40 west – Neilburg, Wainwright	Hwy 21 branches north; north end of Hwy 40 concurrency
↑ / ↓	​	510.8	317.4	Crosses the Battle River
Eldon No. 471	​	525.2	326.3	Hwy 16 (TCH) west – Lloydminster, Edmonton	Hwy 21 branches east; south end of Hwy 16 concurrency
	Maidstone	528.4	328.3	Hwy 16 (TCH) east – The Battlefords, Saskatoon	Hwy 21 branches north; north end of Hwy 16 concurrency
	​	548.1	340.6	Hwy 303 west – Lloydminster	South end of Hwy 303 concurrency
↑ / ↓	​	561.2	348.7	Crosses the North Saskatchewan River
Frenchman Butte No. 501	​	563.0	349.8	Hwy 303 east – Turtleford	North end of Hwy 303 concurrency
	​	580.3	360.6	Hwy 3 east – St. Walburg, Prince Albert	Hwy 21 branches west; south end of Hwy 3 concurrency
	Paradise Hill	591.0	367.2	Hwy 3 west – Lloydminster, Marwayne	Hwy 21 branches north; north end of Hwy 3 concurrency
Loon Lake No. 561	​	648.5	403.0	Hwy 699 east – Loon Lake
↑ / ↓	​	684.5	425.3	Crosses the Beaver River
Beaver River No. 622	Pierceland	691.9	429.9	Hwy 55 – Cold Lake, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert
	Meadow Lake Provincial Park	714.6	444.0	Hwy 919 / Hwy 950
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Footnotes

1. West of Hwy 21
2. East of Hwy 21
3. Four corners of the Rural Municipalities of Progress No. 351, Mariposa No. 350, Grass Lake No. 381, and Tramping Lake No. 380.

References

1. Google (February 13, 2018). "Highway 21 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
2. Safronetz, Joshua Devon (February 2003). "Project Level Highway Management Framework" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-24.
3. Province of Saskatchewan (1926). Highway Map (Map). Department of Highways. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
4. Rand McNally (1940). Road map of Western and Central Canada (Map). Rand McNally and Company.
5. The H.M. Gousha Company (1956). "Saskatchewan & Manitoba" (Map). Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The Shell Oil Company.
6. Department of Highways and Transportation (1972). Saskatchewan Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
7. "A History of the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield". Winning The Prairie Gamble History Album. Retrieved February 13, 2018. The Chesterfield Bridge, north of Leader, did not open for traffic until 1971.
8. Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation (1980). Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
9. MapArt (2007). Saskatchewan Road Atlas (Map) (2007 ed.). 1:540,000. Oshawa, ON: Peter Heiler Ltd. pp. 16, 22, 30, 38, 46. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.