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Home > Saskatchewan's Trans-Canada Highway > Swift Current to Regina Itinerary

Saskatchewan Trans-Canada Highway Route: the Highway #1 between Swift Current and Regina

Here is the itinerary for the 235 km along Highway #1 between Swift Current and Regina:

Southwestern Saskatchewan was at the foot of the Ice Age glaciers that covered much of the continent, and large leaks of meltwater formed in the area. The "north Hill" in Swift Current was the shoreline for the ancient lake. The glaciers left a high gravel morraine north of the highway between Waldeck and Rush Lake, and left hills at Ernfold and left beaches at Caron. The glaciers also left behind hidden underground rivers, still used to provide water to farmers and towns today.

Swift Current is the market town for farms and businesses in southwest Saskatchewan. The area was settled in the early 1900s by homesteaders from Germany, hence names like "Waldeck" which means a wooded corner, so named for the trees along the banks of Swift Current Creek.

Chaplin Lake lies in a basin with no exit, so water entering the lake from area streams can only leave by solar evaporation. This process leaves behind various mineral salts, and high salinity in the water. Chaplin lake is home to brine shrimp used in pet foods and by fish hatcheries, and the sodium sulphate is used in processing forest products.

The Trans-Canada between Valjean and Parkbeg passes through a field of small ponds, caused by large chucks of ice left behind by retreating Ice Age glaciers amongst the usual rocks and gravel. When the ice melted, a pond remained.


Moose Jaw grew to be a major community initially because of the importance of Moose Jaw Creek to supply water to the railway's steam locomotives. The community's underground tunnel system made it a popular hideout for Prohibition-era smugglers.

The open and flat Regina Plain stretching east from Moose Jaw used to be the bottom of Ice Age Lake Regina. The fine sandy soil was ideal for growing wheat. Canada's Durham wheat is used in many foods, including Italian (yes, Italian) spaghetti. The Durham wheat was specially created for Canada's short summers and grows to maturity in only 90 days. The intense agriculture use of the land is helped with various fertilizers. A mine at Belle Plain extracts naturally occurring potash (Saskatchewan's second biggest export) from former ocean beds 1600 m (5200 ft) below the surface.

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Next West: Medicine Hat to Swift Current

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Saskatchewan Highways road condition reports for this segment.

KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB
0	235	Central Ave N intersection, S to downtown Swift Current, Highway 4 N to Leader, Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park	Swift Current	Map Zoom
2	233	6th Ave NE underpass	Swift Current	Map Zoom
2	233	Junction 22 Ave NW / Highway 4	Swift Current	Map Zoom
2	233	Swiftcurrent Creek crossing	Swift Current	Map Zoom
3	232	RV/Mobile Home Park on S side	Swift Current	Map Zoom
6	229	Access Rd N & S		Map Zoom
7	228	Access Rd N & S		Map Zoom
8	227	Airport Rd, S to Swift Current Airport		Map Zoom
15	220	West Waldeck access road	Waldeck	Map Zoom
16	219	Central Waldeck access road	Waldeck	Map Zoom
17	218	Hwy 628 N, east Waldeck access road	Waldeck	Map Zoom
18	217	Access Rd N & S		Map Zoom
26	209	Hwy 628 S		Map Zoom
30	205	Rush Lake Rd, town of Rush Lake 1 km N	Rush Lake	Map Zoom
44	191	Highway 612 N to Herbert 100 m, north to Main Centre	Herbert	Map Zoom
46	189	Highway 645 W to Herbert, gas, 1 km	Herbert	Map Zoom
48	187	Highway 612 S to Neidpath (20km)		Map Zoom
49	186	crossing Reed Lake to S of TCH		Map Zoom
56	179	Reed Lake Wildlife Observation Point	Morse	Map Zoom
58	177	Hwy 644 N, and Town of Morse, 649 S across Reed Lake	Morse	Map Zoom
60	175	Reed Lake to S (WB)		Map Zoom
63	172	Highway 19 S to Hodgeville (35 km)		Map Zoom
69	166	Highway 1/19 exit for Ernfold N of EB, S of WB (highway diviides to east)	Ernfold	Map Zoom
78	157	Road south		Map Zoom
82	153	highway divides to west, to east passes N of Chaplin Lake		Map Zoom
86	149	Highway 58, town of Chaplin, accommodation, salt ponds, (Silver Dollar RV Park & Campground, Chaplin, SK S0H 0V0 Tel: (306) 395-2332 ), S to Gravelbourg	Chaplin	Map Zoom
100	135	Secretian Rd, and rail underpass		Map Zoom
104	131	U-Turn for vehicles		Map Zoom
107	128	U-Turn for vehicles		Map Zoom
110	125	Highway divides to east		Map Zoom
112	123	Road crossing		Map Zoom
114	121	Darmody Rd, Hwy 627	Darmody	Map Zoom
115	120	Access Rd N & S t Hwy 627, town of Parkbeg to S	Parkbeg	Map Zoom
123	112	Access Rd, hwy divides to west		Map Zoom
129	106	Highway 735 N, Rose St, south to town of Mortlach (.5 km) continuing as Hwy 626	Mortlach	Map Zoom
135	100	Roadside turnout, both directions		Map Zoom
136	99	Access Rd, south to Besant Trans-Canada Campground, Caron, SK S0H 0R0 Tel: (306) 756-2700	Vesant	Map Zoom
142	93	643 N to town of Keeler, 735 S		Map Zoom
147	88	Village of Caronport	Caronport	Map Zoom
155	80	Road S to town of Boharm (3 km)		Map Zoom
167	68	9th Ave NW intersection, access to North Service Rd	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
169	66	North Service Rd Exit WB	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
169	66	Main St N Interchange, Highway 2	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
170	65	EB access to Highland Rd, access to Western Development Museum	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
171	64	Thatcher Dr intersection, access to Prairie Oasis Campground, RV park	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
173	62	Caribou St intersection, EB exit to Hwy 2 S	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
173	62	Hwy 2 S Exit, WB	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
174	61	Crossing Moose Jaw River	Moose Jaw	Map Zoom
176	59	Petrolia Rd exit and N& S service roads		Map Zoom
178	57	Highway 39 S Exit, half cloverleaf, S to Psqua (4 km), Weyburn (110km), and Hwy 301 N		Map Zoom
196	39	Hwy 642 N		Map Zoom
198	37	Town of Belle Plaine, N of Hwy	Belle Plaine	Map Zoom
209	26	Hwy 641 Keytowne Rd N, to Pense (2 km)	Pense	Map Zoom
213	22	Highway Turnout, N side of highway		Map Zoom
221	14	Sherwood Forest Rd, town of Grand Coulee, Sherwood Forest Country Club	Grand Coulee	Map Zoom
228	7	Government Weigh Scales, Telephone		Map Zoom
229	6	Pinkie Rd		Map Zoom
233	2	Lewvan Dr N, access to Regina Airport, pond visible S of hwy	Regina	Map Zoom
235	0	Hwy 6 cloverleaf interchange, N to Albert St, all services, continuing into downtown, S to Rowatt, Weyburn and Estevan	Regina	Map Zoom
238	-3	Wascana Pkwy intersection & overpass	Regina	Map Zoom
240	-5	Cross Wascana Creek, Wascana Lake to N	Regina	Map Zoom
240	-5	WB Exit to Assiniboine Ave	Regina	Map Zoom
241	-6	Interchange with Arcola Ave E, continuing S to Hwy 33	Regina	Map Zoom
242	-7	Tyvan Ave interchange and overpass	Regina	Map Zoom
243	-8	Victoria Ave E & W to downtown, all services, E to shopping & services & TransCanada Highway	Regina	Map Zoom
KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB