Saskatchewan Highway 58 - Attractions

Attractions

National Historic Site, Louis Pierre Gravel honours the arrival of the abbot Louis-Pierre Gravel, a missionary-colonizer and the Franco-Americans who settled Gravelbourg. The memorial site is located south of Highway 43 and just east of Highway 58.

Thomson Lake Regional Park a man made lake along Highway 58 near Lafleche, Saskatchewan is 81 hectares (200 acres) in size and hosts swimming lessons, camping, picnicking, boating and golf. Thomson Lake was created in 1958 by Dr Thomson as a reservoir for Lafleche and Gravelbourg creating water resources in the dry desert like area historically known as the Palliser Triangle. Thomson Lake local regional park became the first regional park in the province of Saskatchewan.

Notukeu Creek is traversed by Highway 58.

Shamrock Regional Park is 55 acres (220,000 m2) in size and features camping, a playground, and baseball diamonds on the Wood River.

Chaplin Lake is a saline lake which has an area of 52 kilometers squared (20 mi2), making it the second largest saline lake in Canada. is a haven for many varieties of shorebirds. The Chaplin, Old Wives and Reed Lake complex is a site in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, and was dedicated as having global importance in May 1997. This was followed by recognition as a globally significant Important Bird Area in 1999. The endangered species of Piping plovers find sanctuary here as well. Saskatchewan Heritage Marsh is located at the south end of Chaplin Lake where Sanderling, Stilt Sandpiper, American Avocet, Semipalmated and Baird's Sandpiper, Killdeer, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, and Dowitcher can be often seen in the spring.

Provincial Historic Site Cripple Creek provincial historic marker is located at the junction of Highway 13 and Highway 58. Cripple Creek Crossing - North-West Mounted Police Camp Site is a municipal heritage site. This area encompasses 128 hectares and commemorates the history of the "March West" of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under the command of George Arthur French on July 8, 1874.