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Hey, 10 years on the Web. Whooda thunk it!; making a big splash in the Queen City—The RCMP Heritage Centre; a soil nutrient has become a tourist draw at Esterhazy's Saskatchewan Potash Interpretive Centre; and, virtual saskatoon berry pie for everyone with at least one freckle. Tastes great; less filling!
The annual Ness Creek Festival in northern
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| The annual Ness Creek Music Festival. |
Saskatchewan turned 17 this summer past—some folks who came to those early festivals are now arriving with kids in tow. First-time visitor (and my daughter) Kira Yanko reports there's every reason to believe that these kids will bring their own kids to Ness. It's a festival that's become a lot more than an entertainment event in a beautiful outdoor setting near Prince Albert National Park. Ness has become a celebration of community.
Imagine encountering a 7.6-metre (25-ft) crocodile in Saskatchewan. Fortunately, we no longer have to worry about such chance meetings—crocs disappeared from here millions of years ago. Well, the living ones did, anyway. "Big Bert'', the most complete fossilized remains of a Terminonaris crocodile, was discovered near Carrot River in 1991. Our Spring 2006 efforts to visit the rich fossil quarry where Bert was discovered were stymied by flooding. Waters are high again this year. Good thing delightful little Pasqui Regional Park is on high ground.
In 1899, 7,400 Doukhobors left Russia for what's now Saskatchewan. Their new country offered them freedom of religion, land, and the pacifist lifestyle that underpinned their belief in universal brotherhood. And for a while, with some help from friends like Leo Tolstoy and the Quakers, the Doukhobors flourished in rural Saskatchewan.
Seager Wheeler came to the area we now call Saskatchewan in 1885, the same year the North West Rebellion shook a young nation called Canada. By the time Wheeler died in 1961, this remarkable farmer and innovator had won an unparalleled five international wheat-growing championships and earned a name as one of the most influential farmers in Western Canadian history. His Maple Grove Farm, 40 minutes northeast of Saskatoon, remembers Wheeler and his varied accomplishments.
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