SASKATCHEWAN - Sask.

-located in the prairie region of Canada

-Alberta to the west, Manitoba to the east

-U.S. is south and Northwest Territories are north

-Regina, the capital city, is the home of the R.C.M.P.

-flower - Western Red Lily, tree - White Birch, bird - Sharp-tailed Grouse

-motto: "From many peoples strength"

LAND AND WATER

-half is forest, one-third is farmland

-over 100,000 lakes, rivers, marshes

-southern part is mainly flat land

-Athabasca Provincial Park has sand dunes 30 m. high

-main rivers: Assiniboine, North and South Saskatchewan and Churchill

-two largest cities are Regina ( the capital ) and Saskatoon

THE PEOPLE

-First people : Chipewyan (north) , Assiniboine (east), Blackfoot (west) and Cree

-Metis (of mixed European and Aboriginal descent) were among the first settlers.

-people came from Germany, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Poland, Russia, Britain, France

-population 990,930 (January, 2006)

HISTORY

-earliest explorer - Henry Kelsey (1690)

-Samuel Hearne built trading posts

-trappers and fur traders arrived

-forts were built to maintain law and order

-settlers were encouraged to come for free farmland

-railroad was built across the southern part of the province

-became a province in 1905 with Regina as the capital

ECONOMY

-produces 28 percent of Canada's grain

-grows over 54 percent of Canada's wheat crop

-crops include canola, rye, oats, barley, flaxseeds, wheat

-hogs and cattle are raised on farms and sold

-forestry in northern Saskatchewan

-rich in minerals (potash, uranium, coal, oil and natural gas)

-leading exporter of potash ( fertilizer )

PEOPLE AND PLACES

-W.O. MITCHELL (born in Weyburn) wrote about prairie life in his book "Who Has Seen the Wind".

-JEANNE SAUVE (born in Prud'homme) was the first woman to be a governor-general of Canada.

-GORDIE HOWE, one of the greatest hockey player of the NHL was born in Floral, Sask.

-BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE, a well-known singer/songwriter, was born in Saskatchewan.

-Tunnels of Moose Jaw : underground passageways used by the Chinese, gangsters and bootleggers.

-Big Muddy Badlands : unusual land formations and petroglyphs

-Great Sand Hills : dunes of sand on the prairies

-Wanuskewin Heritage Park: archaeological digs provide information about the Indians of the Northern Plains

 This is the flag of saskatchewan.

The province adopted a new flag in 1969.The flag's green stripe represents saskatchewan's forests.The gold stirpe stands for the province's 

weat fields.  

A political map of Saskatchewan showing boundaries, the provincial capital, selected populated places with names, selected drainage with names and selected roads.It is a really cool thing that anyone could see.Canadian cities offer a terrific escape from the ordinary, whether you're looking for frontier adventure or urban sophistication. The larger cities are vibrant, where you will find internationally acclaimed ballet and theatre, museums, and galleries as well as an array of bars, night-clubs and discos and some of the most ethnically diverse dining available on the planet. History of the ArchivesThe Saskatchewan Archives was established under legislation in 1945 as a joint university-government agency. While The Archives Act was passed in that year, steps to care for public and private archives had begun much earlier. From as early as 1909, the Legislative Library had been collecting and preserving historical documents. In 1938 the University of Saskatchewan and the Government of Saskatchewan officially joined forces to transfer government records to the newly-created Historical Public Records Office located on the university campus. Despite these efforts, there was no systematic or comprehensive approach to records keeping as the government of the day largely determined what records should be preserved and what should be destroyed. Invariably, documents and records were destroyed or lost.Saskatchewan's people  Medicare: A People's Issue “Every person, regardless of geographic location or economic circumstances, has a right to a uniformly high quality of medical services.” ~ Saskatchewan Government Brief to the Royal Commission on Health Services January, 1962 “The law was bad when it was passed. It was a bad law when you amended it. It will be a bad law after you make the changes you have proposed. It is bad because it is not acceptable to the citizens or to the doctors. If it is not acceptable, it cannot work.” ~ Keep Our Doctors Committee Chair Rodney Thomson, to the Premier 17 July 1962 Saskatchewan and the Road to Medicare: 1905-1962 Best viewed with Internet Explorer 6.   © 2004 Saskatchewan Council of Archives and Archivists   We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the federal government through the Canadian Council of Archives, the Library and Archives of Canada, and the Department of Canadian Heritage.   saskatchewan's people

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Uhler's backyard one very cold winter morning.

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• 1774 to 1821 - fur trading - Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company competed for the fur trade
• 1882 - With the building of the railroad, homesteaders came and began farming. Small towns sprang up along the railroad tracks.
• 1880 to 1930 - growth of farming in Saskatchewan , mainly wheat .
• 1930s - The depression and drought of the 1930s slowed down the farming almost to a standstill.
• 1939-1945 After the drought, the grain growing improved.
• 1950s - besides growth in farming, there was the discovery of oil, natural gas, uranium, and potash.
• 1960s - Sask had many mines and different types of farms.