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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. ==Communities== Wood Mountain First Nations Reserve is located near Fir Mountain and is south of the southern terminus of Highway 58. Historically Sioux Indians traversed this area as they followed Sitting Bull. 37.2 kilometers north is Lafleche, Saskatchewan first called Buffalo Head. Lafleche is located near Thomson Lake and became a town in 1953. The CPR line came through, in 1913. Mail delivery arrived via train, however this switched to mail truck in 1958.〔Lafleche, Saskatchewan〕 Traveling a distance of 57.8 kilometers is the town of Gravelbourg which is noted for being the ''Cultural Gem of Saskatchewan''. Gravelbourg features the Our Lady of Assumption Roman Catholic Co-Cathedral and at one time was a bustling agricultural centre and hosted nine agricultural elevators. Shamrock Regional Park is south east of Shamrock, Saskatchewan. 98.5 kilometers from the southern terminus is the village of Shamrock. Traveling 135 kilometers to the northern terminus of Highway 58 is Chaplin. A major attraction for bird watchers is the Chaplin Shorebird Site. Approaching this town, there is a large American avocet statue beside the road in tribute to the many bird watching sanctuaries. Chaplin is home to diverse industry such as a shrimp processing plant, sodium sulphate mining and pulse and oilseed agriculture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saskatchewan Highway 58」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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