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Saskatchewan
Vacation Links
features vacation locations in Saskatoon,
Prince Albert, Lloydminster, Lord Battleford,
Swift
Current and Moose
Jaw. In Saskatchewan you may enjoy waterparks,
science centres, healing spas, museums, art galleries,
cultural heritage and outdoor activities such
as fly fishing, skidoing, and river rafting.
Visit
the historic sites of Cypress Hills, Roche Percee,
Big
Muddy Badlands, Great Sand Hills, Athabasca
Sand Dunes, Nistowiak Falls and Otter Rapids
to name just a few. |
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Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan
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Saskatchewan
is the middle province of Canada's three prairie provinces.
It has an area of 651,900 km² (251,700 mi²)
and a population of 978,934 (Saskatchewanians) (January
1, 2005). Most of its population lives in the southern
part of the province.
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The
largest city is Saskatoon with a metropolitan
population of 225,927 (January 1, 2005), followed
by the province's capital, Regina (metro population:
192,800, January 1, 2005). Other major cities
(in order of size) include Prince Albert, Moose
Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, and North Battleford.
Saskatchewan is (approximately) a quadrilateral
bounded on the west by Alberta, on the north by
the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, |
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Saskatchewan,
Canada
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and on the
south
by the American states of Montana and North Dakota.
The province's name, pronounced "sus-KATCH-uh-wun"
by its inhabitants, comes from the Saskatchewan River,
whose name comes from its Cree designation: kisiskaciwani-sipiy,
meaning "swift flowing river". |
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