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Saskatchewan is an insightful and entertaining introduction to its people, culture, geography, history, and economy.The easy-to-read text - by Saskatchewan resident Gillian Richardson - is complimented with beautiful colour photography, taking readers on a fascinating tour of Canada's "Breadbasket." ... Read more

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excellent, but am i bias
I'm 23 years old yet am captivated by the likeness to my childhood thatgillian capture's. When babysitting her stories captavate the children andthey never what me to leave!!!.I am bias she is my aunt but I have nevermet her so what I say is the truth ... Read more

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A study of a rural region and plural society, this book is a distinctivecontribution to anthropology, in that it brings the conceptual framework ofthat discipline to bear on a contemporary agrarian society and its historicaldevelopment, rather than on peasant or tribal peoples; cultural ecology, in thatit shows the nature of the adaptations of four distinctive social groups to theenvironment of the Canadian Great Plains; the study of social and economicchange, as it describes cultural patterns and mechanisms that are relevantto agrarian development the world over; and North American studies, in asmuch as it deals with community life in the classic sequence of settlement ofthe Western Plains. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rhein is a community in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588,276 square kilometres (227,100 sq mi) and a population of 1,041,700 (according to 2010 estimates), mostly living in the southern half of the province. Of these, 257,300 live in the province's largest city, Saskatoon, while 194,971 live in the provincial capital, Regina. Other major cities, in order of size, are Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current and North Battleford. The province's name comes from the Saskatchewan River, whose name comes from its Cree designation: ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐘᓂ ᓯᐱᐩ (kisiskāciwani-sīpiy), meaning "swift flowing river". ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gainsborough is a small farming community located on Highway 18 in the southeastern corner of Saskatchewan, Canada. The corner-most community in the province, it is approximately 4 miles from the Manitoba border, and 12 miles from the North Dakota and United States border. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Vonda is located on Highway 27, a half-hour drive north east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The town was named after the daughter of British journalist Cy Warman.Vonda is home to the Ecole Providence french language school providing Kindergarten to Grade 12, while Aberdeen Composite School in neighboring Aberdeen provides Kindergarten to Grade 12 instruction in English. The town also contains the Paroisse St. Philippe de Neri Parish Roman Catholic Church and the Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church. The town is also home to the Vonda Memorial Rink. The town contains a Co-op, hotel and service businesses. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wakaw is a small town northeast of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and south of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It is about halfway between the two cities. Wakaw is a Cree word meaning "crooked", the name being taken from nearby Wakaw Lake and applied to the town.Wakaw is in hilly partially forested country east of the South Saskatchewan River. The area is part of the aspen parkland biome. Peopled primarily by settlers of Eastern European origin, historically it housed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's law office from 1919 to 1925 and Mr Diefenbaker's first wife Edna Brower was a Wakaw native. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Batemanwas a small hamlet in the southwest regionof Saskatchewan, Canadasituated 26 kilometersnorth of the Red Coat Trail, and was named after JimBateman the first settler to come to the area withhis family in 1908. Bateman was once a prosperoustown, which had a peak population of more than 300citizens in the late 1920s. In 2000, the lastresident left, and many of the remaining buildingswere torn down by the government of Saskatchewan. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prairiedale No. 321 was established in December 13, 1909. It is a rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada near the Alberta - Saskatchewan border. Prairiedale No. 321 operates from Box 90 Smiley, SK S0L 2Z0. Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588,276 square kilometres (227,100 sq mi) and a population of 1,041,700 (according to 2010 estimates), mostly living in the southern half of the province. Of these, 257,300 live in the province's largest city, Saskatoon, while 194,971 live in the provincial capital, Regina. Other major cities, in order of size, are Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current and North Battleford. The province's name comes from the Saskatchewan River, whose name comes from its Cree designation: ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐘᓂ ᓯᐱᐩ (kisiskāciwani-sīpiy), meaning "swift flowing river". ... Read more

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The Mackenzie dike swarm, also called the Mackenzie dikes, form a large igneous province in the western Canadian Shield of Canada. It is one of more than three dozen dike swarms in various parts of the Canadian Shield and is the largest dike swarm known on Earth, more than 500 kilometers (311 miles) wide and 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) long, extending in a northwesterly direction across the whole of Canada from the Arctic to the Great Lakes. The mafic dikes cut Archean and Proterozoic rocks, including those in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Thelon Basin in Nunavut and the Baker Lake Basin in the Northwest Territories. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wood River No. 74 is a rural municipality of 422 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The RM was incorporated December 9, 1912. Other urban municipalities in the area include Lafleche, Melaval, and Woodrow. A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councillors, administrator who provide essential services within their area. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks along the North Saskatchewan River. 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. Prince Albert National Park is located just 51 km north of the city and contains a huge wealth of lakes, forest, and wildlife. The city itself is located in a transition zone between the aspen parkland and boreal forest biomes. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Melfort(2006 population 5,192) is a small Canadiancity in Saskatchewan, approximately 95 kilometres(59 mi) southeast of Prince Albert. According to TheWorld Gazetteer, its population as of 2004 was5,400. Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in1980; although it had achieved the necessary 5,000population a number of years earlier, residents werereluctant to give up their status as a town, and fora time, the town of Melfort was actually larger thanthe city of Melville. Melfort is near a largediamond exploration site. The ongoing diamondexploration by a joint venture between Shore GoldInc. Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada in theFort à la Corne district is expected to begin mineconstruction in 2010. Melfort is called "The City ofNorthern Lights" due to the frequency with which theaurora borealis appears. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ogema is a town with a population of 320 located in south Central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is approximately 115 kilometres south of Saskatchewan's capital city, Regina. Ogema is located midway between Weyburn and Assiniboia on Highway 13. The first settlers arrived in 1908, however it wasn't until 1911 that a post office was established with the name of Ogema. Ogema was incorporated as a town in 1912 when it reached a population of over 500 people. Many of the settlers came from Ontario; some came from the United States, British Isles and other parts of Europe. The pioneers had selected the name Omega, which is the Greek word for end as at that time, the settlement was at end of the rail line. On making application for registration of the town name, they were told by the authorities that there was another town with that name and no two communities with the same name would be allowed. The settlers then changed the name Omega to Ogema, which gave the town an original name, yet retained all letters of the original name. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Muenster is a Saskatchewan village located 9 km east of Humboldt on Highway 5. Muenster is home to St. Peter's College, an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan. The College offers a full first year of Arts and Sciences classes and senior classes in several disciplines. It was originally founded by the Benedictine monks of St. Peter's Abbey in 1921 and prides itself on its small class size and quality of education. The College's annual full-time enrollment is limited to 150 students. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Waldheim is a town of 868 residents in the rural municipality of Laird No. 404, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Waldheim is located on Highway 312 in central Saskatchewan, the "Heart of the Old Northwest". Fort Carlton, Batoche, Battle of Fish Creek, and Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm are all near Waldheim.Mennonites from Manitoba and South Dakota arrived here to settle and farm in 1893. The Canadian Northern Railway arrived in 1908.Particularly in the 1870s, Mennonites of Dutch-German origins residing in colonies in the Black Sea region of present day Ukraine became alarmed at the rising nationalism in the Russian Empire. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wynyard is a town in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, 132 km west of Yorkton and 260 km east of Saskatoon. Wynyard is a part of the rural municipality of Big Quill No. 308. Many of the early settlers to the area around Big Quill Lake were of Icelandic origin, and the ethnic bloc settlement area was called The Vatnabyggd settlement. Sleipnir, a store and post office, was located at NE-30-22-15 and was the center of community life of the Vatnabyggd settlement until it was moved into Wynyard in 1908. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! FortSaskatchewan is a city of 14,957 (2006 federalcensus) in Alberta, Canada, located 25 kilometres(16 mi) northeast of downtown Edmonton, Alberta,Canada, along the North Saskatchewan River. FortSaskatchewan is part of Edmonton's CensusMetropolitan Area (population 1,034,945 per the 2006census) and is one of 25 municipalities on theCapital Region Board (CRB). According to the City ofFort Saskatchewan's 2009 municipal census, thecity's population has grown to 17,469. FortSaskatchewan is bordered by Strathcona County(south, east) and by Sturgeon County (north) andEdmonton (west) across the North Saskatchewan River.The city is most well-known for its proximity topetrochemical facilities, including Dow Chemical,Sherritt International, Agrium and Shell Canada. Itis also known for its flock of 50 sheep that roamits downtown park throughout the summer monthseating the grass. The city mascot is a sheep namedAuggie. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rheinfeld is a hamlet in Coulee Rural Municipality No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located on Highway 628 9km north of Highway 363, about 15 km south of Swift Current. In 2006, Rheinfeld had a population of 0 living in 0 dwellings, a 60% decrease from 2001. The hamlet had a land area of 0.00 km2 (0.0 sq mi) and a population density of 0 /km2 (0/sq mi). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Uhl's Bay is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 15 in the Canada 2006 Census. Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres (227,100 sq mi) and a population of 1,034,974 (according to 2009 estimates), mostly living in the southern half of the province. Of these, 233,923 live in the province's largest city, Saskatoon, while 194,971 live in the provincial capital, Regina. Other major cities, in order of size, are Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current and North Battleford. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Radville is a small valley town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. A small river, Long Creek runs through the north end of the town providing fishing and recreation to the local children and parents. The creek meanders by the east side of the town and then to the south where a second dam is located for the water supply pumphouse. The town is in the rural municipality 38 of Laurier (incorporated December 13, 1909). It was incorporated in 1911 after being settled in 1895, named after Conrad Paquin. Radville has a large proportion of french speaking population. ... Read more