Facts About Yorkton Yorkton was founded in 1882 The highest temperature ever recorded in Yorkton was 40.6 °C on 19 July 1941. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −46.1 °C on 20 January 1943. Yorkton was incorporated as a city in 1928. The first settlers to the Yorkton colony were English from Eastern Ontario and […]
Facts About Lloydminster Intended to be an exclusively British utopian settlement centred on the idea of sobriety, the town was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the United Kingdom. The highest temperature ever recorded in Lloydminster was 38.1 °C on 12 July 2002. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −50.0 […]
Facts About North Battleford North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. North Battleford is the seventh-largest city in the province and is directly across the North Saskatchewan River from the Town of Battleford. The highest temperature ever recorded in North Battleford was 39.5 °C on 13 July 2002. The coldest temperature ever recorded […]
Facts About Warman Warman is the newest city in Saskatchewan, officially incorporated on October 27, 2012. Warman is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344. The community of Warman was born when the Canadian Northern Railway running from Humboldt to North Battleford intersected with the Canadian Pacific Railway running from Regina to […]
Facts About Swift Current Swift Current, also known as Speedy Creek, is the fifth-largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In 2016, Swift Current became the first city in Saskatchewan to install a permanent rainbow crosswalk. The highest temperature ever recorded in Swift Current was 41.7 °C on 12 July 1886. The coldest temperature […]
Facts About Estevan Estevan is the eighth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The first settlers in what was to become Estevan arrived in 1892, along with the expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The major industries in Estevan are coal mining, power generation, oil, and gas. Estevan is 563 m above sea level. The highest temperature […]
Facts About Saskatoon Saskatoon is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The name Saskatoon comes from the Cree inanimate noun misâskwatômina “saskatoon berries”, which refers to the sweet, violet-coloured berry that grows in the area. Saskatoon is known as the ‘Paris of the Prairies’ and “Bridge City” because of its seven bridges. […]
Facts About Prince Albert Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, after Saskatoon and Regina. The city is known as the “Gateway to the North” because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan. The city itself is located in a transition zone between the aspen […]
Facts About Regina Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. Regina sits at an elevation of 577 metres above sea level. Government House is haunted by a ghost named Howie. The site was […]
Facts About Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and important railway junction for the area’s agricultural produce. many members of the Royal Family, Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959. A network of underground tunnels connecting buildings in downtown Moose Jaw was constructed […]