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Lyric Theatre in downtown Swift Current. Swift Current is home to Saskatchewan's oldest operating theatre: the Lyric Theatre, built in 1912 at a cost of $50,000 is the "crown jewel" of Swift Current's historical downtown buildings, with instantly recognizable advertisements painted on the north and south sides of the building dating back to the early 1920s.
The site was discovered in 1963 on a farm near Swift Current, with archaeological work beginning in 1969. [2] [3] Later excavations uncovered remains of 304 bodies. [4]The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1973, as it is one of the oldest indigenous burial grounds in the Canadian Prairies. [1]
Swift Current; the beginning of the trail. Sixty Mile Bush Outpost – Sixty Mile Bush Outpost was an important rest stop on the Swift Current–Battleford Trail. It was close to the current town of Biggar on Township 34, Range 15 West of the 3rd Meridian. It was named Sixty Mile Bush as a result of being about 60 miles (97 km) south of Battleford.
Swift Current Creek [1] is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In the 1800s, Métis buffalo hunters called it Rivière au Courant (lit: "River of the Current"). This name was also adopted by the North-West Mounted Police on their March West in 1874.
Reid Lake, [1] also known as Duncairn Reservoir, is a man-made reservoir in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. [2] Reid Lake was formed with the construction of the Duncairn Dam [3] in a glacial meltwater channel along the course of Swift Current Creek in 1942.
The station signed on the air on December 23, 1957, beginning its schedule at 6 p.m., as a Christmas present to southern Saskatchewan. From start to finish, it was owned by Bill and Julie Forst and their company, Swift Current Telecasting. Many baby boomers fondly remember Uncle Gord's Cartoon Party which was broadcast in the 1960s and early 1970s.
The Rural Municipality of Coulee No. 136 (2016 population: 669) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 7 and SARM Division No. 3. The RM is located in the southwest portion of the province, southeast of the City of Swift Current.
The Leader ambulance had to travel another route which was a 1 ⁄ 2-hour longer to get to the Regional Hospital in Swift Current. [23] From the south-west to the north-east of Cabri, 14.2 km (8.8 mi) of the highway was resurfaced in the summer of 2007 as part of Phase I Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure's 2008 Tender Release. [24]