Poundmaker Trail

Poundmaker Trail
Route information
Length	361 km[1] (224 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Highway 216 in Edmonton, AB
East end	Highway 16 in North Battleford, SK
Location
Country	Canada
Major cities	Edmonton, North Battleford
Towns	Tofield, AB; Viking, AB; Wainwright, AB; Cut Knife, SK; Battleford, SK
Highway system

Poundmaker Trail is a 361-kilometre (224 mi) interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Edmonton, Alberta, to North Battleford, Saskatchewan, following Alberta Highway 14 and Saskatchewan Highway 40.^[1] The highway is named after Pitikwahanapiwiyin (c. 1842–July 4, 1886), commonly known as Poundmaker, a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people.^[2]

The former alignment of Poundmaker Trail followed Saskatchewan Highway 16A through Battleford and across the North Saskatchewan River along original Battlefords Bridge via Finlayson Island. Around 2003, in conjunction with the Battlefords Bridge being twinned along the Highway 4/16/40 corridor,^[3] the original bridges were closed to motor vehicles, and Highway 16A was decommissioned.^[4]

Alberta

Highway 216 southeast of Edmonton

Highway 21 southeast of Sherwood Park

Highway 36 in Viking

Highway 41 in Wainwright

Highway 17 south of Lloydminster

Saskatchewan

Highway 21 east of Cut Knife

Highway 29 east of Battleford

Highway 4 in Battleford

• Yellowhead Highway