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Highway 909 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 far north region of 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 ...
. It runs from Highway 155, beginning south of the hamlet of Bear Creek, to the settlement of
Turnor Lake Turnor Lake is a community on the southern shore of Turnor Lake. From Highway 155 it is accessible by Highway 909. The community includes the Northern Hamlet of Turnor Lake and Turnor Lake 193B of the Birch Narrows First Nation. The combined p ...
. It is about long. This access road to Turnor Lake was built when Highway 155 was built to
La Loche La Loche () is a village in northwest Saskatchewan. It is located at the end of Highway 155 on the eastern shore of Lac La Loche in Canada's boreal forest. La Loche had a population of 2,827 in 2016 and is within the Northern Saskatchewan Admini ...
during the 1960s. Highway 909 was rebuilt beginning in 1997, and this update was completed in September 2001. It is entirely unpaved. Along the highway are local trails leading to lakes. The Palmbere Lake access trail is from the turn-off and the McAnesley Lake access trail is from the turn-off. At the end of Highway 909 in the village of Turnor Lake a road leads south-east to the northern shore of
Frobisher Lake Frobisher Lake is a lake in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, located between Turnor Lake (Saskatchewan), Turnor Lake and Churchill Lake. Background The lake is part of the Churchill River (Hudson Bay), Churchill River drainage basin. It receives ...
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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 opera ...
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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 ...


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909 __NOTOC__ Year 909 ( CMIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Britain * King Edward the Elder and his sister, Princess Æthelflæd of Mercia, raid Danish ...