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Farm Women on the Prairie Frontier. (1983) Friesen, Gerald (1987), The Canadian prairies: a history, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-6648-0; Hodgson, Heather, ed. Saskatchewan Writers: Lives Past and Present. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2004. 247 pp. Jones, David C. Empire of Dust: Settling and Abandoning the Prairie ...
Blackstrap Lake viewed from Sunset Ridge Campground Blackstrap Lake is a man-made lake that was created in 1967 as a water reservoir for agricultural, industrial, and recreational uses. Saskatoon was awarded the 1971 Canada Winter Games and land was acquired along the reservoir to build a man-made mountain, Mount Blackstrap, for the downhill ...
Because of its location east of the Rocky Mountains, the Prairies ecozone can be semi-arid in some areas, annual precipitation generally increases farther east in the ecozone from 250 millimetres (9.8 in) in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan to 700 millimetres (28 in) in parts of Manitoba, as well humidity increases eastward through this zone. [5]
Last Mountain Lake, [3] also known as Long Lake, is a prairie lake formed from glaciation 11,000 years ago. It is located in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of the city of Regina.
Regina is Saskatchewan's second largest city, with a population of 236,481 in the census metropolitan area. [2] It is also the capital of Saskatchewan. Regina is the hub for business and tourism in southern Saskatchewan. Regina has a rich culture in music, theatre and dance, supported by the University of Regina.
The PLC is an educational centre located near Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, that provides curriculum-linked workshops for (grades 9-12) secondary school students. The PLC promotes stewardship of the mixed grass prairie ecosystem. Program topics range from prairie ecology to First Nations storytelling. All programs take place on the ...
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Crystal Bay-Sunset had a population of 39 living in 22 of its 94 total private dwellings, a change of 160% from its 2016 population of 15. With a land area of 0.53 km 2 (0.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 73.6/km 2 (190.6/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
Prairieland Park is an events centre on the south-central edge of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.The park is located in the Exhibition neighbourhood of Saskatoon. Each year the park hosts an annual Saskatoon Exhibition variably called "The EX" (previously it was known as Pioneer Days).