page_title: Saskatchewan Highway 2
section_title: Veteran's Memorial Highway
hierarchical_section_title: Saskatchewan Highway 2 / Route description / Veteran's Memorial Highway
caption_attribution_description: Arm River Rest Area Access 1 Road Sign. A rest area is usually located in a clump of trees and will generally have picnic tables, rest room or outhouse facilities, trash bins and parking area to provide a resting spot for highway travellers wishing to rest. Sometimes the rest area site will feature a scenic view or historic marker. Photo taken from Saskatchewan Highway 11, Louis Riel Trail travelling south from Saskatoon to Regina
context_page_description: Highway 2 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the longest Saskatchewan Highway, at 809 km. The highway is partially divided and undivided. However, only about 18 kilometres near Moose Jaw, 11 kilometres near Chamberlain, and 21 kilometres near Prince Albert are divided highway. Highway 2 is a major north-south route, beginning at the Canada–US border at the Port of West Poplar River, and Opheim, Montana customs checkpoints. Montana Highway 24 continues south. It passes through the major cities of Moose Jaw in the south and Prince Albert in the north. Highway 2 overlaps Highway 11 between the towns of Chamberlain and Findlater. This 11 kilometres section of road is a wrong-way concurrency. The highway ends at La Ronge, where it becomes Highway 102.
  The highway started as a graded road in the 1920s which followed the grid lines of the early survey system and was maintained by early homesteaders of each rural municipality. Paving projects of the 1950s created all weather roads.
context_section_description: The home of the Snowbirds, the Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron is at CFB Moose Jaw, Bushell Park at the km 202 junction with Highway 363. Before entering the city of Moose Jaw is an 18 kilometres (11 mi) divided or twinned highway section. Highway 2 becomes an urban couplet for 1km before going through the centre of the city. Moose Jaw, a city of 32,132 features large roadside attractions such as Capone's Car, Moose Family and Mac the moose.  Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort, Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and History of Transportation Western Development Museum. are major sites of interest of this city. 
  The Saskatchewan Highway 1 intersection with Highway 2 is north of Moose Jaw. At km 226, access to Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is provided to the east of Highway 2 by traveling another 11.8 kilometres (7.3 mi).  Access to the small town of Tuxford is provided at km 230, at the Highway 42 junction. The SHS Central Area Transportation Planning Committee monitors this primary weight highway between Moose Jaw and Meacham.  Between the two national highway systems of the Trans Canada Saskatchewan Highway 1 and Saskatchewan Highway 11, Highway 2 is also designated as a Class 1 AC national connector highway. There is a point of information on the south side of the Qu'Appelle Valley while second point of information is on the northern bank of the Qu'Appelle Valley. Buffalo Pound Lake, a eutrophic prairie lake was formed by glaciation 10,000 years ago. At the junction of highway 11, is the town of Chamberlain where the highway which travels north begins a southeast 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) wrong-way concurrency at Chamberlain. Where these two national highways overlap, a divided highway segment handles the AADT which is about 4500 vpd. There is a rest area south of Chamberlain with an historical marker. To the west of the highway are afforded views of the Arm River valley. At km 275, the highway takes a sharp turn to continue north as it leaves the Highway 11 concurrency. After the concurrency, Highway 2 is a class 3 AC primary weight highway until Watrous.  The junction of Highway 733 in 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) provides access to Last Mountain Lake (Long Lake) traveling east. Holdfast is accessed at the Highway 732 junction. Penzance is east of the highway at km 305; Liberty is a small community at km 314.  Located near Stalwart is the Stalwart National Wildlife Area, a wetlands region.  Watertown (1903–1910) provides easy access to Etter's Beach on Long Lake. The settlers of Watertown established a post office named Harkness Post Office, Assiniboia, North West Territories. With the arrival of the rail, the village became known as Imperial. The town of Imperial is the largest center west of Last Mountain Lake with a population around 300 and an AADT of close to 650 vpd.  The village of Simpson is also along the highway which runs parallel to Last Mountain Lake.   There are several roadside turnouts to access Last Mountain Lake from Highway 2.  The Last Mountain Lake Sanctuary was the first federal bird sanctuary. Highway 15 provides access to Nokomis to the east, and Kenaston to the west. 
    The small hamlet of Amazon is located before Watrous. Watrous is a tourist destination due to its proximity to Manitou Beach and the ehdorheic Little Manitou Lake. Watrous, in the Land of Living Waters, is a tourist destination due to its proximity to Manitou Beach, home of the world-famous Mineral Spa and Danceland dance hall (known as the "Home of the World Famous Dance Floor Built on Horsehair").  The AADT near this tourist town of 1,800 people raises to about 1,250 vpd which ranks it as a class 2 highway. Highway 2 continues in a northwest direction to circumnavigate around Little Manitou until it gets to the Young and the junction of Highway 670.  Young and Zelma were two communities that were part of the alphabet railway of the Canadian National Railway (CNR).  The Yellowhead Highway is at km 419. Colonsay is located to the west, and Plunkett to the east.  Colonsay is the location of one of several potash mines in Saskatchewa
caption: Arm River Rest Area
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