Saskatchewan Highway 58
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| Length: | 129 km (80 mi) | |||
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 Hwy 18
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 Hwy 13 at Lafleche Hwy 43 at Gravelbourg
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  Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 19 near Chaplin
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Waverley, Wood River, Gravelbourg, Shamrock, Chaplin | |||
| Major cities: | no cities on route | |||
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Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
Highway 58 is an oiled surface highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan which handles approximately 100 vehicles per day. It runs from Highway 18 3 kilometers west of Fir Mountain until Highway 1/Highway 19 near Chaplin in the South-Central area of the province. Highway 58 is about 132 kilometers (82 mi.) long traversing through the Missouri Coteau. There is one multiplex of 5 kilometers with Saskatchewan Highway 363.
The highway's passage through the province offers a diverse sample of Saskatchewan to a traveler, taking in rural villages and towns, the scenery of the Missouri Coteau, Thomson Lake which is a man made lake for recreational and reservoir purposes, natural lakes such as Chaplin Lake which is the second largest saline lake in Canada. 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. Highway 58 runs through the first regional park of Saskatchewan; Thomson Lake Regional Park, and also provides nearby access to Shamrock Regional Park another early regional park of Saskatchewan. 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 south end. Highway 58 also penetrates into the heart of south central Saskatchewan to access the Chaplin/Old Wives/ Reed Lakes Complex, a shorebird sanctuary of international repute and fame.
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