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Home > Saskatchewan's Trans-Canada Highway > Regina to Brandon, MB Itinerary
Saskatchewan Trans-Canada Highway Route: the Highway #1 between Regina, Saskatchewan and Brandon, Manitoba
Here is the itinerary for the 363 km along Highway #1 between Regina, Saskatchewan and Brandon, Manitoba
Regina is the ultimate prairie town, starting out as a First Nations settlement, who left piles of buffalo bones there from their hunts. The railroad built a station to stop for water from Pile of Bones Creek. As the town grew, water was piped in 52 km from Buffalo Pound Lake. Wasana Creek has since been dammed in1880s to create a recreational oasis between the city's downtown and the Trans-Canada, and home to several museums as well as the provincial legislature. The city now has some of the most unique and dramatic office architecture in the West. Regina is home to Canada's first elected socialist government, and invented government car insurance and government-run health care as a result of the drive of native son Tommy Douglas.
The land east and southeast of Regina is so flat, the locals say if your dog ran away, it would be days before the wagging tail would disappear over the horizon. The highways run pretty straight, not having to navigate around natural obstacles. The recurring grain elevators here symbolize the vas agricultural capacity of this land, and are the larger-than-life milestones indicating towns alongside the railway. Just before White City, the highway climbs up the eastern edge of the Ice Age's Lake Regina, and flat land is replaced by less agriculturally productive rolling hills.
It has taken the 10,000 years since the last ice age for repeated generations of grasses to deposits layers of organic matter and nitrogen to provide a foundation for the area's agriculture. Some estimate that after a century of farming, half of the topsoils have been lost to wind and water erosion. On the flat prairie, farms are surrounded by trees planted as wind breaks from the winter winds, and to provide shade in summer heat. Some estimate over 400 million trees and bushes were planted from the Indian Head Nursery since 1902. The sheltered valley of the Qu'Apelle River was a popular spot for the First Nations to harvest the indigenous Saskatoon berries.
South of Whitewood is Moose Mountain Provincial Park. This forested oasis in the prairie has many small lakes and offers lots of recreation to area residents. Moosomin, 47 kilometres further east on the highway, is named for the mooseberry (a tall cranberry bush).
From this point, the highway begins a gentle drop of almost 500 feet toward Virden, Manitoba. This marks the western boundary of ancient Lake Souris. At the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, travelers will notice white hilltops to the north of the Trans-Canada, resulting from erosion caused by excessive cultivation. The stretch between Virden and Oak Lake has fertile sandy lake bottom farmlands. At Alexander, you can head south to Souris (about 24 km) to Canada's longest swing bridge, that stretches 178 metres across the Souris River. A nearby agate pit extracts Souris agate, petrified wood, jasper and epidote.
Saskatchewan Highways road condition reports for this segment.
Manitoba Government road condition reports for this segment.
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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0 | 363 | Hwy 6 cloverleaf interchange, N to Albert St, all services, continuing into downtown, S to Rowatt, Weyburn and Estevan | Regina | Map Zoom |
3 | 360 | Wascana Pkwy intersection & overpass | Regina | Map Zoom |
5 | 358 | Cross Wascana Creek, Wascana Lake to N | Regina | Map Zoom |
5 | 358 | WB Exit to Assiniboine Ave | Regina | Map Zoom |
6 | 357 | Interchange with Arcola Ave E, continuing S to Hwy 33 | Regina | Map Zoom |
7 | 356 | Tyvan Ave interchange and overpass | Regina | Map Zoom |
8 | 355 | Victoria Ave E & W to downtown, all services, E to shopping & services & TransCanada Highway | Regina | Map Zoom |
8 | 355 | Glencairn Rd (N) Trusdale Dr (S) Intersection | Regina | Map Zoom |
9 | 354 | Fleet St (N) University Park Dr (S) Intersection, north to services along Service Rd, S to shopping mall | Regina | Map Zoom |
9 | 354 | Colemand St N, access to Quance St (S) | Regina | Map Zoom |
10 | 353 | Prince of Wales Intersection, access to shopping | Regina | Map Zoom |
11 | 352 | Access to Eastgate Dr (WB only) | Regina | Map Zoom |
12 | 351 | Tower Rd Intersection | Regina | Map Zoom |
12 | 351 | Railway underpass | Regina | Map Zoom |
13 | 350 | Access to N Service Rd (WB only) | Regina | Map Zoom |
15 | 348 | Road crossng, access to Buffalo Lookout Camping (S) Regina, SK S4P 3R8 Tel: (306) 525-1448 | Regina | Map Zoom |
18 | 345 | Tel: (306) 525-1448 | | Map Zoom |
20 | 343 | Great Plain Industrial Rd | White City | Map Zoom |
21 | 342 | Emerald Park Rd | White City | Map Zoom |
22 | 341 | EB Exit to residential area | White City | Map Zoom |
22 | 341 | Exit to Hwy 48 S, to Vibank, Kipling, access to Comfort Plus Campground 1km to E, and Dyer Straits Campground to N | | Map Zoom |
27 | 336 | EB access to Hwy 46 N to town of Balgonie (1km), and Hwy 364 S to Edenwold (18 km) | | Map Zoom |
31 | 332 | WB access to Hwy 46 N to town of Balgonie (1km), and Hwy 364 S to Edenwold (18 km) | Balgonie | Map Zoom |
31 | 332 | EB access to Hwy 10 NE to Fort Qu'Appelle | | Map Zoom |
38 | 325 | Junction Hwy 621 S | | Map Zoom |
45 | 318 | Road crossing, town to Liberty to N, accommodation (Liberty Motor Hotel, Hwy 2 Liberty, SK S0G 3A0 (306) 847 2122 | Regina | Map Zoom |
59 | 304 | Junction Hwy 35, N to town of Qu'Appelle (30km) | Qu-Appelle | Map Zoom |
72 | 291 | Junction Hwy 619 N and 56N to town of Indian Head and Fort Qu'Appelle (40km) | Indian Head | Map Zoom |
74 | 289 | Junction 619 S to Assiniboine Indian Reserve 76, N to Indian Head Experimental Farm | Indian Head | Map Zoom |
90 | 273 | Junction 606, town of Sintaluta (N) | Sintaluta | Map Zoom |
103 | 260 | town of Wolseley, all services | Wolseley | Map Zoom |
105 | 258 | Hwy 617 S | Wolseley | Map Zoom |
108 | 255 | Hwy 617 N to Lemburg (40 km) | | Map Zoom |
121 | 242 | Junction Hwy 47, N to Melville (64 km) | | Map Zoom |
128 | 235 | Hwy 616 N, west access to town of Grenfell (N) | Grenfell | Map Zoom |
125 | 238 | Hwy 47 junction, town of Grenfell (N), and Crooked Lake PP (49 km) | Grenfell | Map Zoom |
154 | 209 | Junction Hwy 605, Town of Broadview (S) and S to Kipling (36 km) | Broadview | Map Zoom |
156 | 207 | Junction 605 N, town of Broadview | Broadview | Map Zoom |
167 | 196 | Junction Hwy 201 N, access to campground (1km S) | | Map Zoom |
176 | 187 | West access to town of Whitewood | Whitewood | Map Zoom |
178 | 185 | Hwy 9 Junction, town of Whitewood, all services. S to Moose Mountain Provincial Park (58 km) | Whitewood | Map Zoom |
189 | 174 | Junction Hwy 637 N | | Map Zoom |
199 | 164 | West access to Wapalla | Wapalla | Map Zoom |
200 | 163 | Junction Hwy 601, and 5th Ave Town of Wapalla | t | Map Zoom |
225 | 138 | Hwy 8 (N), Cook Rd (S) west access to town of Moosomin | Moosomin | Map Zoom |
225 | 138 | Hwy 709 (E) | Moosomin | Map Zoom |
226 | 137 | Junction Hwy 8, S to Fairlight (31 km) | Moosomin | Map Zoom |
226 | 137 | Main St Intersection, Hwy 709 S | Moosomin | Map Zoom |
227 | 136 | East Access to Moosomin (S) | Moosomin | Map Zoom |
239 | 124 | Highway 600 (town of Fleming west access, south of Hwy) | Fleming | Map Zoom |
240 | 123 | road crossing (town of Fleming east access, south of Hwy) | Fleming | Map Zoom |
245 | 118 | Manitoba-Saskatchewan Border, Saskatchewan Information Direction Center, north side of highway | | Map Zoom |
250 | 113 | Junction hwy #542, S to Kola, Hwy #41, N to Manson, services | | Map Zoom |
251 | 112 | Rest area on S side of Hwy | | Map Zoom |
262 | 101 | Willen Rd (Hwy 256) to town of Elkhorn to S | Elkhorn | Map Zoom |
263 | 100 | Road crossing , W to town of Elkhorn | Elkhorn | Map Zoom |
280 | 83 | Junction of Highway #83, north to Miniota, 27 km | | Map Zoom |
286 | 77 | Provincial Rd 259 E, Hwy 83 S | Virden | Map Zoom |
288 | 75 | Thomas Dr S, town of Virden | Virden | Map Zoom |
289 | 74 | King St (S) | Virden | Map Zoom |
292 | 71 | Provincial Road 247, continues as Provincial Rd 257 (W) to Kola | Virden | Map Zoom |
308 | 55 | Hwy 254 Junction, S to Oak Lake | | Map Zoom |
308 | 55 | Highway 254 junction N, west access to Oak Lake (S, 1 km) | Oak Lake | Map Zoom |
315 | 48 | Tower Rd (S), Harrison Bridge Rd (N) intersection | Oak Lake | Map Zoom |
325 | 38 | road crossing, west access to town of Griswold (S), access to Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (N, 4 km) | Griswold | Map Zoom |
327 | 36 | Highway 21, east access to town of Griswold | Griswold | Map Zoom |
340 | 23 | Hwy 250, N to Rivers, S to town of Alexander, all services | Alexander | Map Zoom |
343 | 20 | Access to Hwy 250, S to Souris (24 km), access to the Souris Swinging Bridge | | Map Zoom |
352 | 11 | Junction Hwy 1A, to downtown City of Brandon | Brandon | Map Zoom |
354 | 9 | Pioneer Rd crossing | Brandon | Map Zoom |
355 | 8 | Access to Service Roads | Brandon | Map Zoom |
356 | 7 | Hwy 459, exit to Grand Valley PP (2 km E) | Brandon | Map Zoom |
358 | 5 | School Hill Rd crossing | Brandon | Map Zoom |
360 | 3 | Highway #270, north to Rivers | Brandon | Map Zoom |
362 | 1 | St George's Rd (N) | Brandon | Map Zoom |
363 | 0 | Bloomsberry Rd | Brandon | Map Zoom |
366 | -3 | Junction Hwy 10 S, 18th St N, access to Highland Ave service roads to N & S, Brandon, Boissevain | Brandon | Map Zoom |
367 | -4 | Access to N Service Rd | Brandon | Map Zoom |
367 | -4 | Access bia Black St to Highland Ave (S Service Rd) | Brandon | Map Zoom |
368 | -5 | 1st st | Brandon | Map Zoom |
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