Highway 11 passes through Saskatoon, following Circle Drive, bypassing the downtown area with the completion of the southern leg of the freeway in 2015.

North of Saskatoon, the road continues as a four-lane divided highway[3] past the communities of Warman, Osler, Hague, Rosthern and Duck Lake.

Besides being the provincial capital, Regina is a cultural and commercial metropole for both southern Saskatchewan and adjacent areas in the neighbouring American states of North Dakota and Montana.

[5] In the spring of 2008, Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Christine Tell proclaimed in Duck Lake, that "the 125th commemoration, in 2010, of the 1885 Northwest Resistance is an excellent opportunity to tell the story of the prairie Métis and First Nations peoples' struggle with Government forces and how it has shaped Canada today.

[12] Prior to the completion of the Regina Bypass in October 2019, Highway 11 began at the junction of Victoria Avenue and Ring Road in the east end of the city, and shared a 8.2-kilometre (5.1 mi) concurrency with Highway 6, before branching northwest from Albert Street at Regina's northern boundary, passing Pasqua Street.

[11] The northern hill out of the Qu'appelle Valley meets the intersection of Hwy 54, which provides access to Regina Beach on Long Lake.

[13][18] The Arm River Plain is well-suited to agricultural venture and doyote, red fox, and jack rabbit may be spotted.

Constructed entirely of wood and tied together with leather, these carts were extremely stable and would be drawn through mud and marsh, floated and carried loads of 500 to 1000 pounds.

The park features Arm Lake which is the reservoir created from damming the Squaw Valley Creek which used to run from the Qu'Appelle River in the Eyebrow Hills north east just south of Davidson.

[24][29] "Spirit of the Plain This work is intended as a symbolic tribute to those peoples, native and non-native, past and present, who have found harmony under the prairie sky and achieved a calm rhythm with the natural forces of this great land..."[36] Davidson, a town of over 950 residents is the halfway point between Saskatoon and Regina.

Cattle ranching was [sic] established here in 1886 and since then the growth and prosperity of our community has been, to a great extent, dependent on the agricultural sector.

The horse drawn Red River car and Bone Picker are reminiscent of an era ending when the skeletal remains of approximately 2,000,000 buffalo were gathered in the vicinity of Dundurn and Hanley.

Between Grasswood and Saskatoon the AADT increases to over 8,000 VPD, and the remainder of the route is within the jurisdiction of the SHS North Central Transportation Planning Committee.

The Western route, proceeding due west on the cloverleaf, passes interchanges with (from east to west) Preston Avenue and Clarence Avenue, before the route passes the Idylwyld Freeway exit (its previous alignment through downtown) and Highway 219, then crossing the South Saskatchewan River, and coming to an interchange with Highways 7 and 14.

Black loamy soil types are excellent for specialty crops as well as grain and cereals which makes agriculture the predominant economic industry.

[2] Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm, a National Historic Site, is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Rosthern by taking Hwy 312 from the LRT.

[63] Highway 312 provides access to the Batoche National Historic Site which features the Caron house, St. Antoine de Padoue church and rectory.

Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Center relates the history of first nations, Métis and an immigrant pioneer Society to the area.

[2] It is another 22 kilometres (14 mi) of travel in a north east direction to arrive at the terminus of the LRT, the intersection with Saskatchewan Highway 2 where the approximate AADT increases near the city of Prince Albert to 6,000 VPD.

Trails through the forest are enjoyed by snowmobilers, cross-country skiers, horseback riders, hikers, and campers[16] The Qu’Appelle, Long Lake and Saskatchewan Railway came through between Regina and Prince Albert through Saskatoon as early as 1890 providing an early method of travel following the red river cart and trail days.

Another interesting diversion that the highway surveyors had to make, at the insistence of local residents, was to go around a large stone that had a metal marker spike in it, likely set up and recorded by early explorers.

As early as the 1930s, various Saskatchewan cities, towns, and rural municipalities lobbied the provincial government to develop hard surfaced roads, including Highway 11, to connect its major centers, particularly Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert and Moose Jaw.

Pinder argued that Highway 11 should receive priority because "it serves the greatest number of people for the longest period of time" and its hard surfacing would facilitate the travel of American tourists to Prince Albert National Park and support transport operations to and from the Dundurn Military Camp.

[83] The improved highway was also rerouted in some places, including the section between Bladworth and Dundurn which was completely rebuilt,[82] and bypasses were built around some towns and villages through which it had formerly passed.

Although the highway's route had not entirely reached its present contours, it was made straighter; the distance traversed between Saskatoon and Regina was reduced by 27 miles.

[88] During the same period, the Saskatoon to Prince Albert portion was rebuilt to "Trans-Canada standards" and extensively re-routed to follow the same course as the CNR tracks which shortened the travel distance between the two cities by 13 miles.

[91][92] With the exception of a three-kilometre, two-lane segment through Chamberlain,[91] the newly constructed four lane sections of the highway bypassed all the towns and villages between Saskatoon and Regina.

"[93] Sections of highway nearest to Saskatoon were twinned first; with the paving of newly constructed lanes along a 13-kilometre stretch between Prince Albert and MacDowall, the project was completed on 25 October 2013.

[3][94][95] On June 20, 2001 the entire length of Hwy 11 was re-named the Louis Riel Trail (LRT) at a ceremony which took place at the Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre.

[104] "The mining, exploration, and oil and gas sectors across northern Saskatchewan funnel thousands of heavy trucks through Prince Albert on a daily basis.