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GASP 2009: Saskatoon Unity Kerrobert Rosetown  
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The way points of this bicycle route:

Saskatoon

Western Development Museum. Start from parking lot in front of the museum. Parking is available to GASP 2009 participants in the gravel area northwest of the paved parking area.

Highway 11

Gas station with services

Grandora highway

Grandora highway (extension of 11th Street) is a quiet ride out of the city.

Grandora

Grandora - No services

Highway 14

Join Highway 14 east of Sandy Ridge

Sandy Ridge

Sandy Ridge: gas station with services

Asquith

Asquith: services, restaurant, groceries. Be sure to stop in downtown for a visit.

Begin scenic route, alternative to highway 14.

Kinley

Kinley: some services

Highway 14

Perdue

Perdue: Some Services, camping. Services: groceries, hotel, credit union, three restaurants. E-Zee Wrap is headquartered in this town. Centennial celebration, July 11, 2009.

Town of Biggar

End of Day 1: Biggar. Services: hotels/motels in town; restaurants; RV park/campground at west side of town.

Plaza Mobilehome Park & RV Park

Camping and services

Highway 14

This portion of highway 14 between Biggar and Wilkie is very scenic.

Landis

Landis: services

Wilkie

End of Day 2: Wilkie. Regional park, in town, has nice camping. Services in town. www.townofwilkie.com

Highway 29

Highway 29 to Battleford is scenic, so scenic that it's worth riding twice. We'll visit Fort Battleford National Historic Site and other historical and cultural highlights of the Battlefords.

Battle River

Wow! Spectacular scenery. Glad we didn't miss this part of the province. We'll see it again tomorrow.

Battleford

Battleford: services. Fort Battleford historic site has good camping. Motels, restaurants, museums, historical and cultural attractions. It's been a relatively short day, so take some time to see the sights.

Fort Battleford Historic Site

End of Day 3: Fort Battleford national historic site. Camping. Nice campground.

Highway 29

Wilkie

Back in Wilkie. We're just passing through today, but it's still worth stopping in for lunch or a snack before continuing on to Unity.

Unity

End of Day 4: Unity. Regional park west of town is nice, but has no services, pit toilets, no water. Town has offered to let us camp in town with services. Also plenty of hotels to choose from. Nice downtown with its recent Main Street redevelopment. High cycling population, bike racks on every street corner. Interesting shops. www.townofunity.com

Highway 21

South on 21 today, headed for Kerrobert. More outstanding scenery, including an interesting geological formation.

Kerrobert

End of Day 5: Kerrobert. Services, camping, motel, restaurants, historical and cultural stops. The town's distinctive and historic water tower can be seen for miles. Motel and campground bought by Macro Developments in 2008, being refurbished and has been offered to us for the tour. www.kerrobertsk.com

Highway 21/31

An alternate route to Rosetown today.

Highway 31

Highway 31

Dodsland

Dodsland: some services

Druid

Not much left of Druid, but I know a cyclist with family from there.

Wallisville

Hood

Plenty

Plenty: some services?

Stranraer

Spectacular view.

Herschel

End of Day 6: Herschel. Services: Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre: dinosaurs, petroglyphs, coal mining, grizzly bears on the prairies. Herschel Retreat and tipi village. Hotel. www.ancientechoes.ca neufeldd.sasktelwebsite.net www.ghosttownscanada.ca/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/949

Rosetown

Services: stores, fuel.

Sovereign

Milden

Milden

Irrigation Centre

Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre, Outlook, SK http://www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/display-afficher.do?id=1186153747182&lang=e

Outlook

End of Day 7: Outlook. Services. Nice campground at regional park. www.town.outlook.sk.ca

Broderick

Broderick

Highway 219

Community Pasture

Rudy Rosedale Community Pasture and Spring Creek Bull Station. Community pasture and Ag Canada research station. Interesting spot for a tour.

Whitecap Dakota First Nation

Whitecap Dakota First Nation: some services, restaurant at casino.

Beaver Creek

Beaver Creek Conservation Area, Meewasin Valley Authority

Corman Park

Route into Saskatoon: Lorne Avenue, Highway 219.

Western Development Museum entrance

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GASP 2009: supported bicycle tour of West Central Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan’s annual provincial bicycle tour, GASP 2009 explores West Central Saskatchewan, starting and ending in Saskatoon. More than just a bike ride, it’s a fun cycling vacation with vehicle support. There are historic sites, petroglyphs, dinosaurs, cultural stops and the friendly company of fellow travellers. The route offers scenery, quiet roads, and a variety of daily distances, giving us an 8-day tour through some spectacular countryside with plenty of non-cycling activities to pique our interest.

Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Smooth, Intermediate, Urban, Rural, Scenic, Touring

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