Highway 995, also known as Welcome Street, 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 of

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in 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 the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

. It is one of the few highways in Saskatchewan that is completely isolated (by land) from the other highways. Seasonal access is provided to Highway 905 by way of the Wollaston Lake Barge. Highway 995 runs along Welcome Bay on the south-eastern shore of

Wollaston Lake Wollaston Lake is a lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is northeast of Prince Albert. With a surface area of (excluding islands; if islands are included), it is the largest bifurcation lake in the world – that is, a lake th ...

. It runs from

Wollaston Lake Airport Wollaston Lake Airport is located adjacent to Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada on the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation. The airport consists of one runway (17/35) and a single apron. Transwest Air maintained a terminal, a fuel tank and a han ...

south then east around the bay north to the Wollaston Lake Barge. The highway services the communities of

and Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation. The entire highway is unpaved and is about long.

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