Macklin is a town in Eye Hill Rural Municipality No. 382, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 1,247 at the 2021 Canadian census. The town is located on Highway 14 and Highway 31 about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the provincial border with Alberta, and is situated near one of the most productive oil and natural gas producing fields in the province.

Highway 17 is a highway in Canada that straddles and criss-crosses the Alberta–Saskatchewan provincial border. The portion from the provincial border at Dillberry Lake Provincial Park to the provincial border 800 metres (2,600 ft) north of the North Saskatchewan River is designated as Alberta Provincial Highway No. 17 by Alberta Transportation, commonly referred to as Highway 17.