Highway 56 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 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 runs from
Highway 1 near
Indian Head to
Highway 210 within the
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 thr ...
. Highway 56 is about long.
Highway 56 passes near
Pasqua and
Echo Lakes of the
Fishing Lakes, and so has access to many recreational areas.
Major intersections
From south to north:
Photo gallery
Sk56.jpg, Highway 56
KatepwaPoint.JPG, Indian Head next 2 exits. Katepwa Point Provincial park Hwy 56 North Between Qu'Appelle and Regina.
ShelterBeltCenterSkHwy56SkHwy1.JPG, Shelter Belt Centre Hwy 56 junction on Hwy 1 ( Trans-Canada Hwy).
See also
*
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
056
{{Saskatchewan-road-stub