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Prairie Sky Scrapers: |
The old Tuxford grain elevator in south Saskatchewan. The elevator is quickly disappearing on the prairies. (46 kb)
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A new giant grain terminal.
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The prairie in the southern half of Saskatchewan: |
The highway west of Kindersley. It is only on the prairie where you can really appreciate the vastness and beauty of the sky. (39 kb) |
This is Rosetown in a morning haze at sunrise. You can see the lights and buildings in the distance, by the highway. (44 kb) |
The highway between Saskatoon and Regina, as it goes by Lumsden. (46 kb) |
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in S.W. Saskatchewan: |
Outside the Fort Walsh Interpretive center are these statues, a reminder of life in early Western Canada. (36 kb) |
Fort Walsh, as seen from the Interpretive Center. A bus will take you down the hill to see the fort, and also over the hill to see the trading post on the right. (68 kb) |
Farwell's trading post. The 1873 Cypress Hills Massacre happened here, when a group of Wolfers shot 22 Assiniboine. |
A taste of small town Saskatchewan: |
Old farm machinery at a small museum in Battleford. North Battleford is in the background. (64 kb) |
The Battleford post office, a good place to meet people. (55 kb) |
This building at Zealandia has 4 rooms and a bar. I was told they are planning on fixing it up and renaming it the BIG Z. The building slopes to the left, except for the left side where it |
This is the movie theatre in Kerrobert which is also located in west-central Saskatchewan. (63 kb) |
Contrasting Saskatchewan landscapes: |
An abandoned house in |
Saskatchewan is not all prairie. This is the landscape next to the South Saskatchewan River. The stairs are located at the Batoche Historical Site, located about a one hour drive north-east of Saskatoon. (67 kb) |
The South Saskatchewan River, just north of Saskatoon on a rainy day. (56 kb) For more photos of this type of countryside, which is also beautiful, go to the file on the 1885 Rebellion historical sites. |
First posted June 22, 2002. Visitors since September 20, 2003
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©2002 Brian M. Brown All rights reserved. All photographs are marked with almost invisible identifiers.