Saskatchewan Highway 9

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File:Highway 9 Souris Valley 01.jpg
Highway 9 travelling through the Souris River Valley

Saskatchewan Highway 9 shield

Highway 9
Saskota Flyway Scenic Drive Route
Saskota Flyway
Northern Woods and Water Route (segment)
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Highway 9 highlighted in red.
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
& Transport Canada
Length: 606.2 km[1] (376.7 mi)
Major junctions
South end: Canada–U.S. border (ND 8) near Northgate
  Hwy 18 near Alameda
Hwy 13 near Carlyle
Hwy 48 near Kennedy
Hwy 1 (TCH) in Whitewood
Hwy 22 near Stockholm and Dubuc
Hwy 15 east of Melville
Hwy 10 in Yorkton
Hwy 16 (TCH) in Yorkton
Hwy 5 in Canora
Hwy 49 near Stenen and Preeceville
Hwy 3 in Hudson Bay
Hwy 55 east of Mountain Cabin
North end: Manitoba border
continues east as PR 283
Location
Rural
municipalities:		 Eniskillen No. 3, Moose Creek No. 33, Moose Mountain No. 63, Wawken No. 93
Major cities: Yorkton
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
← Hwy 8 Hwy 10 →

Highway 9 is a paved, undivided provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.[2] It runs from North Dakota Highway 8 at the US border near Port of Northgate until it transitions into Provincial Road 283 at the Manitoba provincial boundary.

The Saskota Flyway (Highway 9) is known as the International Road to Adventure, because it takes you from Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, all the way south to Bismarck, North Dakota.[3]

Highway 9 is about 606 km (376 mi.) long and passes through Carlyle, Yorkton, Canora, Preeceville, and Hudson Bay. It intersects Highway 1, Highway 16, and Highway 5. Highway 9 is a gravel surfaced road from Hudson Bay north to the Manitoba border, passing the junction with Highway 55. Highway 9 is also known as the Saskota Flyway Scenic Drive Route[4] or Saskota Flyway[5] while the section between Highway 55 and the Manitoba border is part of the Northern Woods and Water Route.[6]

Communities

File:Saskatchwan Highway 9 near Elcott.jpg
Highway 9 near Elcott at dawn
Communities

Starting at the Port of Northgate and Elcott,[7] which are unincorporated areas of Enniskillen No. 3 Rural municipality, the highway crosses the Souris River before reaching Alameda, a town which had a population of 308 residents in 2006.[8] The highway then crosses Moose Mountain Creek before passing through Carlyle on its way north into the Moose Mountain Upland. As of 2016, Carlyle's population was 1,508 people.[8] Carlyle is located at the intersection of Sk 9 with Sk 13, the Red Coat Trail.[9] The town has been dubbed the "gateway to the Moose Mountain resorts."[10] Carlyle Lake Resort, White Bear, Kenosee Lake, and Moose Mountain Provincial Park are north of Carlyle along the route.[11]

The land in this area was surveyed by 1881 ... A space of sixty- six feet wide between sections was left for a road allowance, every mile running north and south and every two miles running east and west.[12]

The prairie dirt trails were the first used. Walking ploughs could loosen up earth, then two horse scrapers called fresnos could grade the low places. These projects could be undertaken by pioneer settlers who wished to work to help pay homestead taxes. Two horse teams were replaced by fours horse teams and larger scrapers. Crawler tractors eventually replaced horse teams to pull larger scrapers and graders.

File:Old Hyw 9 Bridge Moose Cr.jpg
Abandoned Highway 9 Bridge that crosses Moose Mountain Creek, about 8 km south of Carlyle

No. 9 was surveyed in 1929 and graded in 1930-31. These roads were first gravelled in 1930-31 and 1933. This made for safer driving in rainy weather, but very dusty in dry weather. Sometimes these clouds of dust were the cause of accidents on the highways. Next these roads were re-built for oiled surfaces - No. 9 to the lakes in 1956, and south of town in 1964-65....The oiled surface reduced the dust hazard, but kept breaking up under heavy loads...When potash was discovered...better surfacing was requited. So the highway were once again built up to make them wider, and No. 9 got heavy-duty paving to withstand the heavy loads. This was done in 1969-1970...[13]

A government road project of 1931 connected White Bear (Carlyle) Lake to Fish Lake. Harry Cochrane and his crew began in the south at White Bear Lake, Bill Henderson and his crew began in the north at Fish Lake.[11] The first name of Kenosee Lake was Fish Lake.[14] The Scenic Highway Relief Project was begun travelling south to north west of the present highway. The route was blazed, trees felled, stumps dynamited, and the cleared area ploughed, in order to prepare it for the construction.[15] All this work as soon overgrown with native flora, and the road was never developed between McGurk Lake to the south and Stevens Lake and Hewitt Lake at the north end.[13][16]

About 1952, rural municipal councils realized they had to improve their road system to accommodate heavier loads and faster traffic.... road standards were set by the Government. Finally it was agreed the Government would pay sixty percent and the municipality the remainder[13]

Carlyle was the headquarters for 725 kilometres (450 mi) of highway and six separate Department of Highway crews. These crews provide winter maintenance such as removing snow and ice, and summer maintenance such as drainage, sign and guardrail repair. Langbank is an unincorporated area of Silverwood No. 123 Rural municipality.[8] Pipestone Creek is traversed by Sk 9 between Langbank and Whitewood.[7] Whitewood had a population of 869 in 2006[8] and is located at the intersection of Sk 1 TransCanada Highway and Sk 9.[9] The Qu'Appelle River and Round Lake demark the northern perimeter of Ochapowace Indian Reserve. Stockholm, a village of 323 in 2006,[8] is situated at the beginning of the concurrency of Highway 9 with Sk 22.[1] Dubuc a village of 55 folk[8] is north of Crooked Lake and Crooked Lake Provincial Park.[9] In 1926, Bangor was located on Sk 9 and not Dubuc.[7] Kaposvar Creek is crossed en route to Crescent Lake[7] an unincorporated area of Cana No. 214 Rural municipality.[8] Leech Lake is west of the Highway 9. Upper and Lower Roussay Lakes, Crescent Lake, and Leech Lake are south of Yorkton. Yorkton[8] is at the intersections of Sk 9, Sk 10 and Sk 16 the Yellowhead.[9] In 1922 a severe flood covered about 50% of the land between Yorkton and Canora taking out road and railway grades.

Grades on which there has been no water for the past nine years have been submerged. The Canora road is under water for two miles, and the only mode of transportation to the Reman school is by boat. Almost all the bridges in Wallace Municipality are washed out....the roads between Canora and Yorkton are washed out in so many places that it will be well into the summer before auto traffic between these places will be possible.[17]

Ebenezer a village of 139 people in 2006[8] is next on the journey. Whitesand River is traversed on the way to the town of Canora. Canora[8] is located at the intersections of Highway 9 with Sk 651 and Sk 5. Crooked Hill Creek is crossed en route to Sturgis. The Assiniboine River, and South Etomami River pass near Sturgis.[18] Sturgis & District Regional Park is located south of the highway.[19] The Assiniboine River also ran alongside the town of Preeceville.[19] In 1926, Preeceville was the northern terminus of Sk 9.[7] It has grown to be a town of 1,050 residents (2006).[8] A few places sprang up along the rail line between Preeceville and Hudson Bay, according to the 1948 Waghorn's Saskatchewan map.[20] This area between Preeceville and Hudson Bay is the Porcupine Provincial Forest.[20] Crossing the Red Deer River, the next settlement is Hudson Bay. The Etomami River, Little Swan River, and Swan River are south of Hudson Bay. First incorporated as the Village of Etoimami (also recorded as Etoimomi)[21] on August 22, 1907, then the village of Hudson Bay Junction in 1909. On November 20, 1946, the Town of Hudson Bay Junction was created, and on February 1, 1947, the term junction was dropped becoming the town of Hudson Bay.[21][22] The Junction was the Fir River, Etoimami River joining with the Red Deer River.[21] The town of Hudson Bay was termed "Saskatchewan's Port of Entry to the Port of Churchill and Gateway to Hudson's Bay."[21] The town has a population of 1,646 on the 2006 census.[8] Quite a few rivers were traversed after Hudson Bay before crossing the Manitoba-Saskatchewan provincial boundary en route to The Pas, Manitoba. Fir River, Chemong River, and Waskwei river are all near Wildcat Hill Provincial Park in the Pasquia Hills.[9] The Wildcat Hill Provincial Park was previously the Pasquia Hills Forest Reserve.[20] Carrot River marks the northern perimeter of Highway 9, as the road runs parallel to this river before leaving Saskatchewan and after entering Manitoba.

Major intersections

From south to north:

County Location km[1] mi Destinations Notes
Eniskillen No. 3 Northgate 0.0 0.0 ND 8 south – Bowbells, Stanley Continues into North Dakota
Canada–United States border at Northgate Border Crossing
​ 26.7 16.6 Hwy 18 west – Estevan South end of Hwy 18 concurrency
​ 28.5 17.7 Hwy 18 east – Oxbow, Carnduff North end of Hwy 18 concurrency
Moose Creek No. 33 Alameda 32.3 20.1
​ 37.0 23.0 Hwy 700 west – Steelman
​ 47.8 29.7 Hwy 361 west – Lampman South end of Hwy 361 concurrency
​ 51.0 31.7 Hwy 361 east – Alida North end of Hwy 361 concurrency
​ 54.4 33.8 Hwy 702
Moose Mountain No. 63 Carlyle 73.5 45.7 Hwy 13 east (Red Coat Trail) – Redvers South end of Hwy 13 concurrency
74.2 46.1 Hwy 13 west (Red Coat Trail) – Weyburn North end of Hwy 13 concurrency
Wawken No. 93 Kenosee Lake 96.8 60.1 Hwy 209 west – Moose Mountain Provincial Park
​ 105.6 65.6 Hwy 48 east – Wawota, Virden South end of Hwy 48 concurrency
​ 107.2 66.6 Hwy 711 west
​ 108.8 67.6 Hwy 48 west – Kennedy, Kipling North end of Hwy 48 concurrency
Silverwood No. 123 ​ 128.7 80.0 Hwy 709 – Kipling, Moosomin
Willowdale No. 153 Whitewood 155.5 96.6 Hwy 1 (TCH) – Regina, Moosomin, Winnipeg
Fertile Belt No. 183 Ochapowace No. 71 175.7 109.2 Hwy 247 west – Round Lake
176.0 109.4 Hwy 637 east – Esterhazy
Stockholm 193.6 120.3 Hwy 22 east – Esterhazy South end of Hwy 22 concurrency
Grayson No. 184 Dubuc 207.4 128.9 Hwy 638 south – Broadview
​ 211.6 131.5 Hwy 22 west – Grayson, Killaly North end of Hwy 22 concurrency
​ 221.4 137.6 Bangor Access Road
Cana No. 214 ​ 232.9 144.7 Hwy 15 – Melville, Churchbridge
Orkney No. 244
 No major junctions
City of Yorkton 265.2 164.8 Hwy 10 west (Queen Street) – Melville, Regina
Hwy 16 (TCH) east – Langenburg, Winnipeg		 South end of Hwy 10 / Hwy 16 concurrency
266.8 165.8 Hwy 10 east – Dauphin
Hwy 10A west / Hwy 16A west (Broadway Street) to Hwy 52 – City Centre, Ituna		 North end of Hwy 10 concurrency
268.6 166.9 Hwy 16 (TCH) west (York Road) – Saskatoon North end of Hwy 16 concurrency
270.3 168.0 Grain Millers Drive to Hwy 10 / Hwy 52A Bypass route
Orkney No. 244 Ebenezer 283.4 176.1 Hwy 309 east – Rhein
Hwy 726 west – Springside
Good Lake No. 274 ​ 298.2 185.3 Hwy 229 west – Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park
Canora 313.5 194.8 Hwy 5 east – Kamsack South end of Hwy 5 concurrency
314.9 195.7 Hwy 5 west – Wadena, Humboldt, Saskatoon North end of Hwy 5 concurrency
Buchanan No. 304 ​ 323.2 200.8 Hwy 754 – Buchanan
Keys No. 303 ​ 337.4 209.7 Tadmore access road
Clayton No. 333 ​ 343.5 213.4 Hwy 49 east – Norquay South end of Hwy 49 concurrency
Preeceville No. 334 Sturgis 355.5 220.9 Hwy 664 south
Preeceville 363.1 225.6 Hwy 49 west to Hwy 47 south – Kelvington North end of Hwy 49 concurrency
​ 374.7 232.8 Hwy 753 – Lintlaw, Danbury
​ 386.0 239.8 Hwy 759 west – Endeavour
Hudson Bay No. 394 ​ 418.1 259.8 Hwy 983 – McBride Lake
Bertwell 436.8 271.4 Hwy 23 north – Porcupine Plain
​ 452.7 281.3 Hwy 982 south (Little Swan Road) – Swan Plain
Hudson Bay 476.5 296.1 Hwy 3 west – Tisdale, Melfort, Prince Albert South end of Hwy 3 concurrency
477.7 296.8 Hwy 3 east – Swan River North end of Hwy 3 concurrency; paved section of Hwy 9 ends 8 km (5 mi) north of Hudson Bay
​ 484.3 300.9 Paved highway ends
​ 566.3 351.9 Hwy 55 west (NWRR) – Nipawin, Prince Albert South end of Northern Woods and Water Route
Northern Administration District ​ 606.2 376.7 PR 283 east (NWWR) – The Pas Continues into Manitoba
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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  6. ↑ Saskatchewan Official Road Map (Map) (2015/2016 ed.). Saskatchewan Government. § H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4, H-5, and I-5.
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  10. ↑ (Hotels Association of Saskatchewan 1955, p. 125)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ (Carlyle and District Historical Society 1982, p. 53)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 (Carlyle and District Historical Society 1982, p. 54)
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  22. ↑ (Hotels Association of Saskatchewan 1955, p. 253)

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