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Saskatchewan Highway 13

Highway 13 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border (continuing westward as Alberta Highway 501) until it transitions into Highway 2 at the Manitoba border near Antler. Highway 13 is about 676 km (420 mi.) long. Highway 13 passes through Shaunavon, Assiniboia, Weyburn, Redvers and Carlyle. It is also referred to as the Red Coat Trail, as much of its length follows the route of the original historic path.[2] A majority of the route between Wauchope and Govenlock going through the Palliser's Triangle is also referred to as the Ghost Town Trail.[3]

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Highway 13
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Highway 13
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (Saskatchewan)
Length675.3 km[1] (419.6 mi)
Major junctions
West end Highway 501 at Alberta border
Major intersections
East end PTH 2 at Manitoba border near Antler
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Rural municipalitiesReno, White Valley, Arlington, Bone Creek, Wise Creek, Auvergne, Pinto Creek, Wood River, Stonehenge, Lake of the Rivers, Willow Bunch, Excel, Key West, Norton, Brokenshell, Weyburn, Griffin, Tecumseh, Brock, Moose Mountain, Antler
Major citiesWeyburn
Highway system
← Highway 12→ Highway 14

Travel route

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Saskatchewan Highway 13, near Antler

Travel east through the province of Saskatchewan on the Red Coat Trail is continuous on Highway 13 which is a secondary paved undivided highway until Weyburn. Highway 13 crosses Lodge Creek and Middle Creek, then passes the junction with Highway 21 south followed by Highway 615 north. The highway volume beginning in Saskatchewan along the highway about 45 vehicles per day (vpd) on a class 4 gravel highway.[4][5][6] Highway 615 provides access north to Fort Walsh National Historic Park and the highest point of land in Saskatchewan. Consul is a small village located in the Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51 in the extreme south-west of Saskatchewan, along the highway. It is at the Consul intersection of highways that Highway 13 changes to a thin membrane surface undivided highway where the traffic volume increases to about 80 vpd.[5][6] Vidora is located at a small jog in the road following the crossing of Battle Creek.

Travel continues north-east until the junction with Highway 21 which provides access to Cypress Hills Provincial Park and Maple Creek. The highway continues east after this intersection on a class 3 granular pavement highway and traffic here increases to an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 270 vpd.[5][6] At the junction of Highway 18 south is the small hamlet of Robsart, to the east of this intersection, the AADT declines to about 160 vpd.[5] There is a junction with Highway 18 before the highway turns north again to arrive at the intersection of Highway 614 and the town of Eastend, which has the nickname Dino Country where a Tyrannosauraus rex was discovered spawning the T Rex Discovery Centre.[7][8] A number of ancient fauna palaeontological dig sites exist in southern Saskatchewan.[9][10]

This area of Highway 13 receives an increase of traffic wherein about 300 vpd travel Highway 13 east of Eastend and over 650 vpd east of town resulting in an upgrade to asphalt concrete road construction.[5][6] Highway 13 travels past the intersection with Sk Hwy 633 north before arriving at the access road to the village of Dollard. The town of Shaunavon is located at the beginning of the concurrency with Sk Hwy 37 and the intersection of secondary highway Sk Hwy 722.[11]

The traffic volume entering Shaunavon is about 600 vpd, and the AADT increases to over 1,000 vpd heading north on the Highway 37 and Highway 13 concurrency. Sk Hwy 37 provides access to the town of Gull Lake and in 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi), the highway turns east on a thin membrane surface class 2 highway bearing between 150 and 250 vpd.[4][5][6] Highway 631 is the next intersection providing access to the hamlet of Scotsguard, and the next junction is with Highway 629 north. There is a short concurrency with Sk Hwy 629, before it leaves the highway in a southerly direction providing access to the small hamlet of Admiral. The village of Cadillac is located at the intersection with Highway 4. Highway 13 is upgraded to a class 5 granular pavement as traffic can reach a high of 530 vpd east of this intersection.[4][5][6]

Continuing east along the highway is the intersection with Highway 629 which provides access north to the town of Ponteix. Both the Notukeu Regional Park and Mo are within town, where Mo is a statue of a 70- to 75-million-year-old Plesiosaur (Elasmosaurus) found near Ponteix. Besides palaeontological dig sites, there are also archaeological sites where the pre-historic Napao and Niska Indian sites have been excavated between Cadillac and Ponteix. The Notukeu Heritage Museum Inc. preserves the history of both palaeontological and archaeological artifacts. The Notukeu Wildlife federation has preserved wildlife in the area of the Notukeu Creek and for this purpose has procured land along the Gouverneur Dam and restocks fish and runs a Pheasant farm to re-stock the pheasant population.[12]

After leaving Ponteix, the next junction is with Highway 612 and west of this intersection is the village of Aneroid home to Indianola one room sod schoolhouse built in 1911.[12] Hazenmore is next along the route before the junction with Highway 19 south and the beginning of the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) concurrency between Highway 13 and Highway 19. At the village of Kincaid, Highway 19 continues north leaving the concurrency. The hamlet of Meyronne if at the junction with Highway 611 south followed by the hamlet of Woodrow. To the north-west is Thomson Lake which is a man-made lake used for recreational and reservoir purposes becoming the first regional park of Saskatchewan. Lafleche at the junction with Highway 58, and east of this junction the AADT increases to over 600 vpd.[5][13][14][15] The Louis Pierre Gravel National Historic Marker commemorates history at the north end of Highway 58, and the Cripple Creek Provincial Historic Marker is located at the junction with Highway 13.[16]

The terrain of the Missouri Coteau features low hummocky, undulating, rolling hills, potholes, and grasslands. This physiographic region of Saskatchewan is the uplands Missouri Coteau, a part of the Great Plains Province or Alberta Plateau Region which extends across the south-east corner of the province of Saskatchewan.[17] The village of Limerick is located at the intersection with Highway 358 followed by the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 717 which come together at the town of Assinibioia.[18]

 
Smoke from the BC wildfires turning the skies of south-east Saskatchewan hazy. Sunset over Highway 13 three miles west of Stoughton (August 2021).

Just to the west of Assiniboia the traffic volume increases to about 1,000 vpd and to the east of town, the volume decreases to about 800 vpd and the majority of the highway is class 3 granular pavement.[5] Verwood at the north end of the Willow Bunch Lake is located on the concurrency between the highway and Highway 36. The intersection with Highway 624 is followed by the intersection where Highway south and Highway 334 north meet the highway. Ogema is located at the junction with Highway 623 north. Amulet and Pangman are on either side of the intersection of Highway 622. Highway 6 is crossed next followed by the hamlet of Khedive. The junction with Highway 28 south which is next followed by Trossachs. The intersection with Highway 621 north is passed before arriving at the city of Weyburn. Highway 619 north is before the intersection of Highway 606 where the hamlet of Griffin is located. The hamlet of Froude is next on the highway before the town of Stoughton at the crossroads of Highway 47 and Highway 33. Forget is along the highway, followed by a crossing over Moose Mountain Creek, a tributary of the Souris River then Kisbey]] on Highway 605 and Arcola at the Highway 604 intersection.[19] The town of Carlyle is at the intersection with Highway 9, which provides access north to Moose Mountain Provincial Park and Cannington Manor Provincial Historic Park. Before the Manitoba border are Manor on Highway 603, Antler River, Wauchope on Highway 601, Redvers on Highway 9, Gainsborough Creek and finally Antler on Highway 600.[20]

Red Coat Trail

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Main articles: Red Coat Trail and Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy and RCMP Heritage Centre are both located in the capital city of Regina. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy is a training facility for Red Coats or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, while the RCMP Heritage Centre is a museum relates history and memorabilia of the RCMP. Fort Walsh was home to the North-West Mounted Police in the 19th century. Located in south-western Saskatchewan, it oversaw activities in the Big Muddy Badlands north of the Canada–United States border. Sitting Bull, James Walsh, Big Bear, James Macleod, Sam Steele, Dutch Henry, Jones-Nelson gang, Sam Kelly, Chief Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, John A. Macdonald, and George Armstrong Custer are some names of historic legend in this area.[21]

Major intersections

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From west to east:[22]

Rural municipalityLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Reno No. 51​0.00.0  Highway 501 (Red Coat Trail) – Manyberries, LethbridgeContinuation into Alberta
Govenlock14.59.0  Highway 21 south – U.S. border (Port of Willow Creek)West end of concurrency with Hwy 21
Senate29.118.1 
  Highway 615 north – Fort Walsh
Consul42.126.2Range Road 3271
​58.436.3  Highway 21 north – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Maple CreekEast end of concurrency with Hwy 21
Robsart64.940.3  Highway 18 east – Frontier, Climax
White Valley No. 49​88.054.7 
  Highway 706 north – Ravenscrag
Eastend111.969.5 
  Highway 614 – Loomis, Piapot
Arlington No. 79​122.376.0 
  Highway 633 north – South Fork, Tompkins
​132.282.1 
  Highway 613 south – Frontier		West end of concurrency with Hwy 613
Dollard133.983.2 
  Highway 613 north		East end of concurrency with Hwy 613
Shaunavon146.190.8  Highway 37 south to Highway 722 east – ClimaxWest end of concurrency with Hwy 37
Bone Creek No. 108​155.596.6  Highway 37 north – Gull Lake
 
  Highway 724 west		East end of concurrency with Hwy 37
Scotsguard175.0108.7 
  Highway 631 north
Wise Creek No. 77​186.4115.8Admiral access road
Cadillac204.6127.1  Highway 4 – Swift Current, Val Marie, U.S. border (Port of Monchy)
Auvergne No. 76​222.4138.2 
  Highway 628 – Ponteix
Aneroid236.0146.6 
  Highway 609 north – Vanguard
Pinto Creek No. 75Hazenmore249.4155.0Range Road 3092
​257.8160.2  Highway 19 south – MankotaWest end of concurrency with Hwy 19
Kincaid259.0160.9  Highway 19 north – HodgevilleEast end of concurrency with Hwy 19
Meyronne271.1168.5 
  Highway 611 south – McCord
Wood River No. 74Woodrow279.8173.9 
  Highway 610
​289.5179.9  Highway 58 south – Fir MountainEast end of concurrency with Hwy 58
Lafleche291.2180.9  Highway 58 north – GravelbourgWest end of concurrency with Hwy 58
Stonehenge No. 73Limerick313.5194.8  Highway 358 south – Wood Mountain
Lake of the Rivers No. 72Assiniboia333.6207.3  Highway 2 north – Moose Jaw
 
  Highway 717 east		West end of concurrency with Hwy 2
335.0208.2  Highway 2 south (Centre Street) – U.S. border (Port of West Poplar River)East end of concurrency with Hwy 2
Willow Bunch No. 42​362.4225.2  Highway 36 south – Willow BunchWest end of concurrency with Hwy 36
​365.9227.4Verwood access road
Excel No. 71​372.1231.2  Highway 36 north – Crane Valley, Moose JawEast end of concurrency with Hwy 36
​383.7238.4 
  Highway 624 – Ormiston, Viceroy
Key West No. 70​402.5250.1  Highway 34 south – Bengough
  Highway 334 north – Avonlea
Norton No. 69Ogema417.5259.4 
  Highway 623 north
​437.8272.0Pangman access road
​442.2274.8  Highway 6 – Regina, U.S. border (Port of Regway)
Brokenshell No. 68​465.0288.9  Highway 28 south – Radville
​474.3294.7 
  Highway 621 north – Yellow Grass
Weyburn No. 67
 No major junctions
City of Weyburn494.7307.4   Highway 39 (CanAm Highway) – Moose Jaw, Regina, Estevan
495.9308.1Crosses the Souris River
497.1308.9  Highway 35 (King Street / Government Road) – Francis, U.S. border (Port of Oungre)
Weyburn No. 67
 No major junctions
Griffin No. 66Griffin528.1328.1 
  Highway 606 – Midale
Tecumseh No. 65Stoughton557.4346.4  Highway 47 – Grenfell, Estevan
  To Highway 33 west – Francis, Regina
​568.3353.1Forget access road
​568.8353.4 
  Highway 616 north – Peebles
Brock No. 64Kisbey582.0361.6 
  Highway 605 – Lampman, Kipling
Arcola596.9370.9 
  Highway 604 south
Moose Mountain No. 63Carlyle611.7380.1  Highway 9 north – Whitewood, YorktonWest end of concurrency with Hwy 9
613.4381.1  Highway 9 south – OxbowEast end of concurrency with Hwy 9
Manor627.0389.6 
  Highway 603 – Wawota
Antler No. 61​638.5396.7 
  Highway 601 north		West end of concurrency with Hwy 601
​640.6398.1 
  Highway 601 south – Alida		East end of concurrency with Hwy 601
Redvers655.6407.4  Highway 8 – Carievale, Moosomin
​667.1414.5 
  Highway 600 north – Maryfield		West end of concurrency with Hwy 600
​672.0417.6 
  Highway 600 south – Fertile, Gainsborough		East end of concurrency with Hwy 600
​675.3419.6  PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) – Souris, WinnipegContinuation into Manitoba
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Highway 13 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ^ "REDA - Recreation". Red Coat Regional Economic Development Authority Inc. 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  3. ^ Moore, Frank (1982). Saskatchewan ghost towns (digitised online by Our Roots Nos Racines ed.). Regina, Saskatchewan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b c "2007-08 Road Classification Map 2007-08 Road Classification.pdf ( 424.5 KB )" (PDF). Highways and Infrastructure About Highways/Saskatchewan Maps. Saskatchewan Government. 2007. Archived from the original (Have to rename file as a pdf to open and view) on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Highway Traffic Volume Map trafficvolume-2007.pdf ( 1.5 MB )" (PDF). Highways and Infrastructure About Highways/Saskatchewan Maps. Saskatchewan Government. 2007. Archived from the original (Have to rename file as a pdf to open and view) on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
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  7. ^ "Dino Country, Eastend Saskatchewan home of Scotty the T Rex ..." Tangle Media. 1987–2000. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  8. ^ "Dino Country, Eastend Saskatchewan home of Scotty the T Rex Canada's most complete Tryannosaurus fossil find and the hunting capital of Southwest Saskatchewan". Tangle Media. 1987–2000. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  9. ^ "Royal Saskatchewan Museum: Publications: Earth Sciences". Royal Saskatchewan Museum. 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  10. ^ Prothero, Donald R.; Robert J. Emry (1996). "Eocene-Oligocene Faunas of the Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan by John E. Storer" (Digitized online by Google books). The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 244–255. ISBN 9780521433877. Retrieved 25 January 2009. *Outline drawing of part of Swift Current Plateau south of Swift Current showing place names and sources of Eocene-Oligocene mammalian paleofaunas. All ranges west of the Third Meridian. 1. Swift Current Creek Local Fauna 2. Lac Pelletier Lower Fauna 3. Lac Pelletier Upper Fauna 5. Simmie Local Fauana 9. Blumenort Local Fauna *Outline drawing of Eastend area, Cypress Hills of southwestern Saskatchewan showing place names and sources of Eocene-Oligocene mammalian paleofaunas. All ranges west of the Third Meridian. 4. Southfork Local Fauna Chadronian 6. Calf Creek Local Fauna, Chadronian 7. Carnagh Local Fauna, Chadronian. 8. Irish Spring Local Fauna Anxiety Butte. Orellian. 14. Rodent Hill Local Fauna Whitneyan; 15. Anxiety Butte, Whitneyan: 16. Kealey Springs Local Fauna, early Arikareean; 17. Anxiety Butte, late Arikareean.
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  12. ^ a b "Town of Ponteix". 1987–2000. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  13. ^ "Thomson Lake local regional park". Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  14. ^ "Thomson Lake regional park Lafleche, Saskatchewan". Archived from the original on 27 January 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  15. ^ "Lafleche Parks & Gardens: Parks & Gardens in Lafleche, Saskatchewan". Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  16. ^ "Red Coat Regional Economic Development Authority INC.(REDA) - Tourism". 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
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  19. ^ "Kisby - Encyclopedia Saskatchewan". Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Government of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
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  21. ^ "KOA: Red Coat Trail through "The Land of the Living Skies."". Kampgrounds of America, Inc. 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
  22. ^ MapArt; Peter Heiler (2007). Saskatchewan Road Atlas (Map) (2007 ed.). 1:540,000. Oshawa, ON: Peter Heiler Ltd. pp. 46–52. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.
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