Major attractions |
- Wood Mountain Post Historic Park
- St Victor Petroglyphs Historic Park
- Willow Bunch Lake
- Long Creek
- Souris River
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Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Highway 705 connects Saskatchewan Highway 358 at Wood Mountain in the rural municipality of in Old Post to SK Hwy 47 in Benson. Highway 705 travels through Halbrite. The length of Highway 705 is 286.6 kilometres (178.1Â mi).
Highway 705 begins at Saskatchewan Highway 358 at Wood Mountain in the rural municipality of Old Post. This location is the route to the east entrance to the Wood Mountain Post Historic Park. The highway has a bearing of west to east, however at Km 0.00 Highway 705 begins in a southerly direction, and at Km 2.4, the highway turns east. At Km 22.8, Highway 705 turns north until Km 24.0 when it returns to an easterly heading. The intersection with Highway 2 is attained at Km. 34.6, which locates the village of Scout Lake. Highway 2 extends to the north and would provide access to the Victor Petroglyphs Historic Park. At Km 36.7, the Highway turns north and is traveling through the RM of Willow Bunch. The highway returns to the easterly course at Km 49.8. At Km Km 58.4, Highway 705 begins a short northern bearing concurrency with Highway 36 through the town of Willow Bunch. At Km 59.2, the concurrency ends at Km 59.2 when Highway 705 turns to the east once more. At Km 75.0, Highway 705 turns south until Km 82.2 when it enters Harptree at the Highway 607 junction. The southerly direction is necessary to skirt around the southern shores of Willow Bunch Lake. Harptree is a within the RM of Bengough. Highway 705 again continues eastward until Km 105.4 when it reaches the Highway 34 junction. At Highway 34, there is a concurrency between Highways 705 and 34. Highway 705 then travels north to a hamlet. Aft...<a rel="nofollow" class="pgt-href" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan%20Highway%20705" targe