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Town of La Ronge, SK. Hospital Turnoff Road. |
Town of La Ronge, Sk. All services Lac La Ronge Provincial Park is situated in the heart of the Churchill River system, where voyageurs once transported furs to Hudson's Bay. Access to Lac La Ronge Provincial Park campgrounds. NOTE: For highway travel via Saskatchewan Highway #2 South : - See Road Map Highway Travel Guide Prince Albert, SK. to Lac la Ronge, SK for driving directions.
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| 0.3 0.5 |
La Ronge Industrial Park |
Highway turnoff to La Ronge Industrial Park, Lakeland College, Boardman Street. |
| 0.6 1.0 |
Information Map |
Highway pullout and Information and Direction Map |
| 1.7 2.7 |
Highway Turnoff |
Access to LaRonge House Boat Charters, Eagle Point Resort, golfing 9 holes |
| 2.6 4.2 |
La Ronge, SK, Airport |
Highway Turnoff to La Ronge Airport |
| 2.9 4.7 |
Forest Fire Management |
Forest Fire Management Branch Air Tanker Base |
| 9.9 16.0 |
Highway Turnoff |
Access to English bay, SK. B & L Cabins, Four Seasons Resort 4 km's |
| 10.4 16.8 |
Highway Turnoff |
Access to Nemeiben Lake, Saskatchewan, 7 km's, to Lindwood Lodge. |
| 12.9 20.7 |
Waden Bay Correctional Center |
Highway Access to Correctional Center |
| 15.0 24.1 |
Waden Bay |
Highway Turnoff to Waden Bay Resort, camping,showers, fishing,store. Wadin Bay Campground is designed in a series of loops. Two sandy beaches and features a good playground and culvert style barbecue pits Limited wheelchair access, boat launch, fishing, cross-country skiing, major credit cards, telephone and showers.
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| 15.5 25.0 |
Waden Bay, SK. |
North Turnoff to Waden Bay |
| 17.0 27.3 |
Lac La Ronge First Nations |
Lac La Ronge Band Community Center |
| 17.3 27.8 |
Point of Interest |
Crossing the Nemeiben River. Nemeiben River, SK. is often referred to as Sucker River. The people of this small community that lines the banks of the Nemeiben River, SK, near the shores of Lac La Ronge, SK; follow a traditional lifestyle and although their close proximity to La Ronge affords many residents the occupational variety available in a larger center some still chose to 'live off of the land' in the traditional way. |
| 18.0 29.0 |
Point of Interest |
Highway turns from pavement to gravel |
| 22.1 35.6 |
Highway Pullout |
Small highway pullout, west side of highway |
| 23.1 37.1 |
Highway Pullout |
Small highway pullout, west side of highway |
| 25.0 40.2 |
Highway Pullout |
Highway pullout, (east side of highway) |
| 25.7 41.3 |
Highway Junction - Photo from aircraft looking at the famous Stanley Mission Church |
Junction of Highway #915, east to Stanley Mission, SK, Historic site, 36km's east. The Old Village of Stanley Mission was founded in 1852 when Rev. Robert Hunt of the Church Missionary Society selected a promontory on the north shore of the English (Churchill) River as the location for a permanent mission to Cree families in the area. He hired the Hudson's Bay Company carpenter and a couple of Cree men to build his home and a school. While working on his home, the men also built homes for their own families. In 1854, construction began on Holy Trinity Church. - Stanley Mission, SK; attractions include ancient Indian rock paintings, Twin Falls, the roaring Big Stanley and Little Stanley Rapids, and the scenic Nistowiak Falls, which carries the waters of Lac La Ronge, SK to the Churchill River, SK. Potter Rapids are just downstream from Nistowiak. |
| 26.3 42.4 |
Lynx Lake, SK |
Highway pullout and boat launch(east side of highway) |
| 28.3 45.5 |
Highway Pullout |
Pullout (west side of highway) |
| 29.5 47.4 |
Little Deer Lake, SK |
Fishing and picnic area |
| 30.1 48.4 |
Highway Pullout |
Small highway pullout (west side of highway) |
| 30.4 49.0 |
Highway Pullout |
Small highway pullout,(east side of road) |
| 30.9 49.7 |
East and West Naniskak Lake, SK |
Fishing |
| 32.3 52.0 |
Highway Turnoff |
Access to Contact Lake Mine, 6 km's |
| 32.6 52.5 |
Five Fingers Lake, SK |
West side of highway,fishing |
| 32.9 52.9 |
Highway Pullout |
Small highway pullout, east side of highway |
| 33.3 53.6 |
Highway Pullout |
Small highway pullout, (west side of highway) |
| 34.2 55.1 |
Highway Turnoff |
Access to Mackay Lake Campground, highway pullout east side of highway |
| 38.3 61.6 |
Highway Turnoff |
Turnoff to Mullock Lake, SK; highway pullout (east side of highway) |
| 38.8 62.4 |
Highway Pullout |
Highway pullout (west side of highway) |
| 38.8 62.5 |
Althouse Lake, SK |
Highway pullout and parking |
| 39.6 63.8 |
Hine Lake, SK |
Highway pullout (east side of highway) |
| 43.4 69.8 |
Highway Pullout |
Highway pullout (east side of highway) |
| 44.0 70.8 |
Point of Interest |
Lussier Lake, SK. |
| 45.1 72.6 |
Community of Missinipe, SK |
Missinipe, SK And Otter Lake, SK; all services. Churchill River Canoe Outfitters, Osprey Airways, Camping, Lodging. Saskatchewan Environment maintains a campground in downtown Missinipe, with serviced sites and a dock and boat launch. There is a fish cleaning shack just down from the showers. |
| 45.1 72.6 |
Photo from the air |
View of Otter Lake, SK. |
| 47.5 76.5 |
Highway Pullout |
Small highway pullout (west side of road) |
| 48.5 78.1 |
Highway Pullout and Visitor Map |
Pullout and Visitor information and Direction Map |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Otter Rapids, SK. Campground |
Otter River, SK. Campground
North via highway #102 to Southend, SK Wollaston Lake, SK. Start/finish of Road Map Highway Travel Guide -e |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest of Otter Rapids on the Churchill river from the air |
Looking down on the Churchill River Otter Rapids, Sask. |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest of Otter Rapids on the Churchill river, SK and La Ronge Lake, SK  |
Looking at Otter Rapids, Saskatchewan and the Churchill River, SK; at high water. July 1 |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest Lac la Ronge Lake  |
Looking down from the float plane. |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest Lac la Ronge Lake from the air  |
Looking down at Nistowiak Falls,Saskatchewan from a float plane. |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest of the Churchill river, SK;  |
Photo taken at 10 pm July 1. Looking at the Churchill River, SK. |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest on the Churchill river SK.  |
This set of rapids may be called Mosquito Rapids. SK. |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest of Otter Rapids on the Churchill, SK, river from the air  |
The Churchill River is a great canoe destination |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest of Otter Rapids on the Churchill river SK. |
Start of the rapids. |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest of Lac la Ronge Lake, SK from the air  |
Some of the many islands that are on Lac la Ronge. SK |
| 49.4 79.5 |
Photos of interest of Historic Stanley Mission, SK,  |
On the Churchill River, SK. from the air, |