| Touchwood Hills | |
|---|---|
  Touchwood Hills South-central Saskatchewan, Canada  Touchwood Hills Touchwood Hills (Canada) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 754 m (2,474 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 51°18′38″N 104°11′21″W / 51.31056°N 104.18917°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | South-central Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Parent range | Touchwood Uplands |
Touchwood Hills are a range of hills in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The hills are composed of the "Big" Touchwood Hills[2] and the Little Touchwood Hills.[3] Together they are referred to as the Touchwood Uplands.[4] The hills are in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states, and within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ecoregion of Canada.[5]
The hills make up a large plateau that is north-east of Saskatchewan's capital city, Regina. To the west of the hills is Last Mountain Lake; to the north are the Quill Lakes, Foam Lake, and Fishing Lake; to the east is Good Spirit Lake; and to the south is the Qu'Appelle Valley. Several rivers flow out of the hills, such as the south flowing Qu'Appelle River tributaries of East Loon Creek (via Loon Creek), Jumping Deer Creek, Pheasant Creek, and Pearl Creek. To the north, rivers such as Dafoe Brook, Birch Creek, Bevcar Brook, Beckett Brook, and Milligan Creek work their way into the Quill Lakes. Milligan Creek and its tributaries are the primary inflows for Foam Lake and the Quill Lakes.[6]
Highway 35 cuts across the plateau in a north to south direction and Highway 15 heads in an east to west direction cutting between Big Touchwood and Little Touchwood Hills. To the north and east of the hills is Highway 16, also known as the Yellowhead Highway, and to the south is Highway 10. Highway 6 runs past the western side of the plateau.
In 2005, Ducks Unlimited Canada announced a ten-year study of how nesting success of prairie waterfowl varies in relation to the landscape types of the prairie pothole region, to be conducted in the Touchwood Hills area.[7]
- ^ "Touchwood Hills High Point - Peakbagger.com". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Touchwood Hills". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Little Touchwood Hills". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Touchwood Uplands". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Drought in Palliser's Triangle | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Map of Touchwood Uplands in Saskatchewan, Canada".
- ^ Touchwood Hills Area Selected for Waterfowl Research Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Ducks Unlimited Canada