Canada's Highway 995 in Saskatchewan Nears Completion: 102-Kilometre All-Season Road Replaces 50-Kilometre Ice Road
In northern Saskatchewan, Canada, Chief Bartholomew Tsannie of Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation, Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty and provincial partners announced on November 12, 2026, that Highway 995, the Wollaston Lake and Hatchet Lake Road Project, has entered its final stages of construction and will be finished in 2027.
The 102-kilometre gravel highway will give residents of Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation and Wollaston Lake year-round road access to southern Saskatchewan for the first time, replacing the seasonal 50-kilometre ice road used for community resupply, and improving access to health care, education, employment and essential goods. The two communities have a combined population of more than 1,800. Planning began in 2004, and the federal government has invested just over 70.347 million Canadian dollars.
Officials also announced 1.368 million dollars in federal funding through the Build Communities Strong Fund to upgrade the community landfill, with a new waste storage cell for ten years of municipal waste, a leachate collection system and a stormwater pond, while the existing landfill will be capped and closed. (Source: Indigenous Services Canada)
Source: Indigenous Services Canada
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