Highway 955 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. It runs from Highway 155

Saskatchewan Highway 155

Highway 155 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 55 near Green Lake until La Loche, where it becomes Highway 955...

 near La Loche to Cluff Lake Mine

Cluff Lake mine

Cluff Lake mine, located about from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at the northern terminus of Saskatchewan Highway 955, is owned and operated by AREVA Resources Canada, formerly COGEMA Resources. The mine ceased uranium production at the end of 2002 when the ore reserves were depleted...

. The highway is approximately 245 km (152 mi.) long and is entirely unpaved. The highway carries the name Semchuk Trail

Highway 955 has nearly no intersections with other roads due to its northern location. About one-third of the way to Cluff Lake Mine, there is an access road to Descharme Lake

Descharme Lake, Saskatchewan

Descharme Lake is a hamlet in Saskatchewan. Descharme is accessed by road via Saskatchewan Highway 955 from La Loche.-History:Across the lake from Descharme where the Descharme River flows to the Clearwater River is the old town site of Descharme...

. According to provincial road maps dating from the early 1980s, a seasonal/winter road at one point continued north from Cluff Lake to the shore of Lake Athabasca

Lake Athabasca

Lake Athabasca is located in the northwest corner of Saskatchewan and the northeast corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N.-History:The name in the Dene language originally referred only to the large delta formed by the confluence the Athabasca River at the southwest corner of the lake...

 and then across the lake towards Uranium City, but this appears to no longer be in use.

Highway 955 passes through Clearwater River Provincial Park. It is also the closest roadway to the Carswell structure

Carswell crater

Carswell is an impact crater in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 115 ± 10 million years . The crater is exposed at the surface....

, the largest astrobleme in Saskatchewan

Geology of Saskatchewan

The geology of Saskatchewan can be divided into two main geological regions, the Precambrian Canadian Shield and the Phanerozoic Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Within the Precambrian shield exists the Athabasca sedimentary basin. Meteorite impacts have altered the natural geological...

 at 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) in diameter. Highway 955 traverses the Douglas River. This large valley is the Carswell meteor impact rim. Uranium

Uranium

Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...

is mined at three sites along the perimeter of the Carswell structure near the terminal end of Highway 955.