Highway 247 is a
provincial highway
Numbered highways in Canada are split by province, and a majority are maintained by their province or territory transportation department. All highways in Canada are numbered except for three in the Northwest Territories, one in Alberta, one in O ...
in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...
. Saskatchewan's 200-series highways primarily service its
recreational areas. The highway follows the course of the
Qu'Appelle River
The Qu'Appelle River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba that flows east from Lake Diefenbaker in south-western Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, just south of Lake of the Prairies, near t ...
running east from
Highway 47 to
Highway 9. It is about long.
Along Highway 247's route, it passes by
Crooked and
Round Lakes, passes through
Crooked Lake Provincial Park, and provides access to several comunities, including
Grenfell Beach
Grenfell Beach is a hamlet on Crooked Lake in Saskatchewan. It is part of the Shesheep 74A First Nations Indian reserve, which is located adjacent to the rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of l ...
,
Melville Beach
Melville Beach ( 2016 population: ) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 5. It is on the shores of Crooked Lake in the Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184.
History
Melville Beach incorp ...
,
Exner's Twin Bays
Exner's Twin Bays or Exner Twin Bays is an organized hamlet within the Rural Municipality (RM) of Grayson No. 184 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western C ...
,
Moose Bay,
Sunset Beach,
West End,
Pelican Shores, and
Bird's Point Resort
Bird's Point ( 2016 population: ) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 5. It is on the shores of Round Lake in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183. It is in the eastern portion of ...
.
Major intersections
From west to east:
See also
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Transportation in Saskatchewan
Transport in Saskatchewan includes an infrastructure system of roads, highways, freeways, airports, ferries, pipelines, trails, waterways, and railway systems serving a population of approximately 1,098,352 (according to 2016 census) inhabitants y ...
*
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 opera ...
References
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