Saskatchewan River Crossing

A historically significant site 83 km north of Lake Louise where the North Saskatchewan, Howse, and Mistaya Rivers converge. Saskatchewan River Crossing sits at the junction of Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway) in Banff National Park.

The Crossing is the only location for commercial services; fuel, food, restrooms; between Lake Louise and Jasper (Jasper National Park) during summer. In winter the facility is closed, leaving a 230 km gap in fuel availability. Howse Pass, west of the Crossing, was used by the Kootenay people before David Thompson’s 1807 passage. Sir James Hector of the Palliser Expedition surveyed it in 1859. Caroline Hinman’s “Off the Beaten Track” pack trips passed through the Crossing en route between Banff and Jasper.