Saskatchewan

[SevenUp!]

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 985,386 (Saskatchewanians) as of July 1, 2006. (I do believe an updated total has it above a million now.) Most of its population does live in the southern half of the province though.

Here's a map of the province, with several cities, etc. to hopefully help you visualize some of the places I'll be talking about and where they are located.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Maps/Saskmap.gif

Saskatchewan became a province in 1905 with Regina as the capital city. It is the only province in Canada with entirely man-made boundaries....in other words there are no lakes, rivers, mountains, etc that make up the border.

It's claim to fame is that it's the easiest province to draw:p

I think they might be right about that:funny:

The province's name comes from the Saskatchewan River, whose name comes from its Cree designation: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy meaning "swift flowing river".

The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river flowing east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River.

This is where it all begins.....from the Glacial Flatts in Banff National Park in Alberta.


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Bodies%20of%20Water/GlacialFlatsNSR.jpg

Originating in southern Alberta, the South Saskatchewan River is formed by the confluence of the Bow and Oldman Rivers near a place called Grassy Lake. It passes by Medicine Hat, Alberta and on into Saskatchewan.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Bodies%20of%20Water/intro2_e.jpg

It flows north through Saskatoon and joins the North Saskatchewan River east of Prince Albert at the Saskatchewan River Forks — thus forming the Saskatchewan River.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Saskatoon/SouthSaskRiver.jpg

Bridge crossing the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon
(photo by Sherman Hines/Masterfile).

Here's some more pictures of the river itself...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Bodies%20of%20Water/Saskatchewan_River_Bridge.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Bodies%20of%20Water/SouthSaskRiverSaskatoon.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Bodies%20of%20Water/SouthSaskRivertoo.jpg

[ELEANOR MAW]

Great photos, map and info Robert, it looks a beautiful place.

[SevenUp!]

Thanks Eleanor, I like it here.

There will be more pictures and things about other places in Saskatchewan in the days ahead.

Hopefully nobody gets bored of the place:p

[faithfully]

:DLooks fab Robert;) keep em posts coming:p

[Navi]

great pics Robert! Beautiful place;)thnx:)

[Troll]

Thanks for the info and pics

[canoilers]

Nice pictures Robert they look great. The best part of the Saskatchewan River System, the Northern parts runs through this great city. :D

Can't wait to see more Pictures, maybe some of Regina.

Go Riders! :D

[faithfully]

The river does look a bit big :huh:http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/fartypantstevie/animations%20and%20smilies%20etc/drinking-48.gif

[SevenUp!]

great pics Robert! Beautiful place;)thnx:)

Thanks Navi.

Thanks for the info and pics

You're welcome.

Nice pictures Robert they look great. The best part of the Saskatchewan River System, the Northern parts runs through this great city. :D

Can't wait to see more Pictures, maybe some of Regina.

Go Riders! :D

Thanks Seanny:D



There'll be pictures of Regina, among other places;) coming to a thread near you:p

The river does look a bit big :huh:http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/fartypantstevie/animations%20and%20smilies%20etc/drinking-48.gif

Looks big, cause it is big:D

[nds76]

Very nice! Looks like a place I'd want to visit!

[SevenUp!]

Very nice! Looks like a place I'd want to visit!

Thanks David....anytime you want to come.

[SevenUp!]

Saskatchewan is nicknamed "Land of the Living Skies" and I thought I'd show you a few of the reasons why.


Sunset over Athabasca Lake

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/AthabascaLakeSunset.jpg



Sunrise at Rosetown

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/AprilSunriseRosetown-2.jpg




Sunrise at St.Mary's

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/SunriseStMarysRL.jpg



Here's a couple of storms that are brewing out in the country:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/bestrest3.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/brewingstorm.jpg



We do have wonderful skies, and nice weather too however:D

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/IMG_1759-1-1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/45188344_IMG_1626.jpg


.....and this is one of my favourite pictures.

Sunrise at Manitou Lake.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/SunriseManitouLake-1.jpg

[canoilers]

Those are great Robert, thanks for sharing them.

Kinda reminds me of the first scene from corner gas in the first episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veu-Cm7aHMw

[dreamer]

pretty

[SevenUp!]

Those are great Robert, thanks for sharing them.

Kinda reminds me of the first scene from corner gas in the first episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veu-Cm7aHMw

No problem.

Thanks for the link....that was a cool show:great:

pretty

Thank you Misty, glad you liked them.

[canoilers]

Theres still a year to go before the plug is pulled, I still can't believe the show is over.

[SevenUp!]

I'll miss it too. It's like a piece Canadian Prairie Heritage played out on the television screen. Sorry to see it go.

[Troll]

Pretty pics.

[SevenUp!]

Pretty pics.

Thanks Andrew.

[UllaCountryGal]

great pictures Robert....

[canoilers]

I'll miss it too. It's like a piece Canadian Prairie Heritage played out on the television screen. Sorry to see it go.
Especially since it was going strong and how many shows about Canada get broadcast abroad. :( I would've loved to have Shania on that show, I thought maybe it would've happened. Maybe they could sneak her in there for the last season. They've had everybody else on the show from the Prime Minister to Keifer Sutherland, why not Shania.

[canoilers]

Here is Keifer and his cameo on the show. Techinally it's him and his mom with the voice over who is a famous Canadian actress in her own right. :D That was Shirley Douglas's second time on the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwAP3wuIG2A

[SevenUp!]

great pictures Robert....

Thanks Ullitza....there will be more in the near future.

Especially since it was going strong and how many shows about Canada get broadcast abroad. :( I would've loved to have Shania on that show, I thought maybe it would've happened. Maybe they could sneak her in there for the last season. They've had everybody else on the show from the Prime Minister to Keifer Sutherland, why not Shania.

Shania would have been great to have on the show:D They did have the band Tragically Hip on one of the shows, in the second season I think it was.

[canoilers]

Yes they did in fact and I believe the same episode with Collin James aswell. I think there was somebody else on that episode too.

[SevenUp!]

Yes they did in fact and I believe the same episode with Collin James aswell. I think there was somebody else on that episode too.

Yeah, you're right he was there too.....I can't remember anybody else though.

[SevenUp!]

Here's a few pictures from the town of Rouleau, Saskatchewan where the show is actually filmed.

Dog River is what they call the town on the show.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/RubyCafe.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/GasStation.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/FoodMarket.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/Elevator.jpg

[canoilers]

:shocked: I just read there maybe a Corner Gas Movie in the works. Shania should be on that is some aspect. :bounce: :boogie:

[SevenUp!]

:eek:

Where'd you read that? That would be freakin' awesome:D

Even more freakin' awesome if Shania appeared:D

[canoilers]

Here's a few pictures from the town of Rouleau, Saskatchewan where the show is actually filmed.

Dog River is what they call the town on the show.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/RubyCafe.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/GasStation.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/FoodMarket.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Corner%20Gas/Elevator.jpg
Great pictues thanks for posting them.

[canoilers]

:eek:

Where'd you read that? That would be freakin' awesome:D

Even more freakin' awesome if Shania appeared:D

Corner Gas movie could be in the pipeline.


By BILL HARRIS, SUN MEDIA


The very real possibility of a Corner Gas movie means the TV series won't end in apocalyptic fashion next year.

"We've talked about doing a movie, which I like the idea of, and CTV seems to like the idea of, so I couldn't end it with a meteor hitting the gas station or something," said series creator and co-star Brent Butt.

On Thursday, Butt announced that the sixth season of Corner Gas, which begins taping next month and will air in 2008-09, will be its last.

So does Butt already know how the TV series is going to end?

"Not in terms of details, but what I do know is, I don't want us to write toward a specific thing," Butt said. "I want the final episode to be like any other episode, really, and nothing will have changed. I want the viewer to be able to imagine that life goes on in Dog River the way it always has, it's just that the cameras have stopped rolling.

"One of the themes of the show is that Dog River doesn't really change, and that's the way it should end."

So, Brent, could it end in a diner (the Ruby, obviously), to the sounds of Journey's Don't Stop Believing, like the finale of The Sopranos?

"Well, that might be a possibility," Butt said.

Unfortunately, Butt can't wind up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette, as occurred in the brilliant finale of Newhart. Pleshette died earlier this year..

"And I don't have a previous series to tap into, either," Butt said. "But maybe I'll end it with Bob Newhart. He's still around."

http://www.winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/04/12/5264751-sun.html
That would be sweet and with Shania in it would make it awesome. She could get lost and end up in Dog River, Hank thinks all her songs are written about him or something. The whole time he wants an Autograph and she's freaked out because she thinks he weird and the whole episode is Shania trying to get away from him.

[SevenUp!]

Cool thanks Seanny:D

I like the idea of ending the last show the same as the rest of them. That's how it ought to be. The show is supposed to be about life in Saskatchewan, and it doesn't change a whole lot....neither should the last episode.

[canoilers]

You'd be welcome sir. Glad I could help which means I'm not totally useless. :p

[canoilers]

One of my favourite clips it's the Worlds biggest... This one cracked me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKO_yaLL7n0&feature=related

[SevenUp!]

:funny:

There's actually alot of those "big things in Saskatchewan", they're all over the place.

[SevenUp!]

Here's Mac the Moose:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Moose%20Jaw/MactheMoose.jpg

Mac was named after a former Moose Jaw Alderman - Les McKenzie.

Built: May 20, 1984 (almost his birthday:p)

Dimensions:
Height: 32 Feet (9.8 Metres)
Weight: 10 tons (9,000 Kilograms)


Construction Materials:
Concrete, metal, rebar, meshwire

Location:
South side of Highway 1

Created by Dan Foulds

[canoilers]

Here a clip from the pink eye episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGFS-NNlIgs&feature=related

We have the world biggest of in a couple of things.

Heres the worlds biggest egg in Vegreville Alberta.

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/518503-Vegreville_pysanka-Vegreville.jpg

Heres the UFO landing pad in St. Paul Alberta.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/roadside-paranormal-4.jpg

We don't have the worlds biggest mall anymore but it still does have the worlds biggest parkade.

We have the world biggest cowboy boot in Edmonton but I'm not sure if it
still is actually.

http://www.wlra.us/wl/wlcowboyboot.jpg

[SevenUp!]

Awesome stuff Seanny:D

UFO landing pad in Alberta:uhh: now that does explain an awful lot:p

[canoilers]

I think it makes total sense because where else would any advanced alien civilization go but St. Paul Alberta. You'd think they'd go to Washington or something, pfft hosh posh. :p

If they try anything we can kick them with our big Boot and break the egg on their heads and then we can say, there's egg in your eye.

[SevenUp!]

They certainly wouldn't go to Washington looking for advanced civilization. Only advance thing they have there is....well, nevermind:p

Here's the Tisdale Bumble Bee they were talking about on Corner Gas....

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Tisdale/bee2.jpg

Built: 1993

Dimensions:
Height: 7 Feet (2.1 Metres)
Wingspan: 11 Feet 6 Inches (3.5 Metres)
Length: 16 Feet (4.9 Metres)


Construction Materials:
Metal and Fibreglass

Location:
Southwest corner of Highways #3 and 35


Tisdale is the Honey Capital of Saskatchewan, producing 10% of Canada's honey.

With that guy being there, it's a wonder it's only 10%! :p

[canoilers]

I wouldn't want to be stung by that thing, I think it could do some damage. Reminds me of the mosquito's around Dawson Creek. :p

Here's the world biggest Oil Derrick in Red Water Alberta.


http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/redwater.jpg

[SevenUp!]

I didn't think oil and water mixed very well;)

No big mosquitos around here, except the ones that actually bite:p

We do have a pretty big grasshopper in Wilkie though.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Wilkie/hopper1.jpg

When Built: 1993

Dimensions:
Length: 18 Feet (5.5 Metres)
Width: 6 Feet (1.8 Metres)
Weight: 4,000 Pounds


Construction Materials:
Wood - Cedar

Location:
North side of Highway #14, next to water treatment plant

[ELEANOR MAW]

Amazing grasshopper Robert.

[canoilers]

I can tell you for sure they don't because I have a big scar on my foot that proves it when I was working at KFC. I had a blister the size of a golf ball from that experiance.

You'd think that would be the last thing they'd want hanging around in Saskatchewan being that they wreck all the crops. I'd hate to think the damage that boy could do. :p

[SevenUp!]

Amazing grasshopper Robert.

Thanks Ellie:]

I can tell you for sure they don't because I have a big scar on my foot that proves it when I was working at KFC. I had a blister the size of a golf ball from that experiance.

You'd think that would be the last thing they'd want hanging around in Saskatchewan being that they wreck all the crops. I'd hate to think the damage that boy could do. :p

Awwww :funny:

The Monument was designed to have a "talking" capability which consisted of a phone system connected so that messages could be transmitted through its mouth. This feature is no longer available.

In other words, his mouth doesn't work anyway so it's no problem:p

[canoilers]

Whoa! Talk about your high tech. Bummer! He could have been Jiminy Crickets cool Canadian cousin. :p Another peice of Canadiana goes down the tubes.

[SevenUp!]

Here's a little piece of Canadiana to make up for the loss...

Big hockey cards in Kelvington:D

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Kelvington/cards1.jpg

Players featured on the hockey cards (left to right) are Lloyd Gronsdahl, Barry Melrose, Joe Kocur, Wendel Clark, Kerry Clark, and Kory Kocur. All are from the Kelvington area.

Built: 1992

Dimensions:
Height: 12 Feet (3.7 Metres)
Length: 24 Feet (7.3 Metres)
Each Card Height: 8 Feet (2.4 Metres)
Each Card Width: 4 Feet (1.2 Metres)

Construction Materials:
Duraboard

Location:
South end of town, west side of Highway 38. Next to the golf course.

[ELEANOR MAW]

Thanks for all the great info and pics of Saskatchewan Robert.

[canoilers]

That certainly does make up for it, I wonder how much those are worth. :p I hope the corners don't get crinckled because that would certainly lower their value.

[SevenUp!]

Thanks for all the great info and pics of Saskatchewan Robert.

Sure Eleanor....happy you like it all:]

That certainly does make up for it, I wonder how much those are worth. :p I hope the corners don't get crinckled because that would certainly lower their value.

They probably take them down when it rains or something, and keep them in an album:p

[canoilers]

They should have giant display cases's for them to keep them safe... on the other hand I bet they would really sound awesome in the spokes of a bike. :p

[Troll]

More awesome pics

[UllaCountryGal]

Great pictures but Why all the big things?

[SevenUp!]

Great pictures but Why all the big things?

They're tourist attractions.

People make their way to these towns specifically to see these things, when otherwise they'd probably never go.

[faithfully]

:eek::]:bounce:Great photos Robert, any more you have anytime:boogie:

[malshania]

i just love saying "Saskatchewan" :D

[Troll]

i just love saying "Saskatchewan" :D

I do too.

[SevenUp!]

:eek::]:bounce:Great photos Robert, any more you have anytime:boogie:

Thanks.....I'll see what I can do for you;) :D

i just love saying "Saskatchewan" :D

I do too.

It is kinda fun:D

[malshania]

saskatchewan!!!! :D

[SevenUp!]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Wilkie/Turtleford/1turtle1.jpg

Ernie the Turtle symbolize Turtleford acquiring town status

Built in 1983

Height: 8 Feet (2.4 Metres)
Length: 28 Feet (8.5 Metres)
Width: 14 Feet (4.3 Metres)


Construction Materials:
Welded metal and wire mesh covered with four coats of cement

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Wilkie/Turtleford/turtle1.jpg

[Troll]

Looks cool

[faithfully]

:funny:All these constructions:p

[SevenUp!]

:funny:All these constructions:p

....and I have one more for you:D

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Indian%20Head/indian1.jpg

Indian Head

Built in 1985

Dimensions:
Total height: 18 Feet (5.5 Metres)
Head height: 10 Feet (3 Metres)
Base height: 8 Feet (2.4 Metres)
Weight: 3,500 pounds (1,588 Kilograms)

Construction Materials:
Metal Pipe, Metal Mesh and 3 coats of Cement
Location:
Southwest corner of Town on the north side of Highway #1


The sculpture was created in Saskatoon (more on that city later) and cost $12,750.


Here's the link to where you can find all these things, plus many more as well.
http://www.bigthings.ca/bigsk.html

[faithfully]

:cool:all these thingys:funny:

[canoilers]

Great pictures but Why all the big things?
Wouldn't you want to boast about having the worlds biggest...

[malshania]

oh wow! those looks... cute... robert :D

[faithfully]

Wouldn't you want to boast about having the worlds biggest...

Beard:phttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/fartypantstevie/animations%20and%20smilies%20etc/hassidic-emoticon.gif

[SevenUp!]

Wouldn't you want to boast about having the worlds biggest...

.....and best football team:]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Roughriders/Rider20Helmet2020Tunnel.jpg

[canoilers]

Nice picture no wonder your guys heads are so big, they'd have to be to fit into the helmet. :p

http://common.rawlco.com/files/u35/ring3_0.jpg

[SevenUp!]

Awesome BIG ring:D.....it'll look great and be BIG incentive to win another this year too:D

[canoilers]

Too bad it's not going to happen, it's all Eskies this year baby. :D

[SevenUp!]

You realize winning the Grey Cup requires making the play-offs first:p

[canoilers]

They will and actually I think all 4 western teams 5 if you include Winnipeg will be in the Playoffs.

[SevenUp!]

That'd be great to have another all Western Grey Cup:D before Ottawa comes back into the league and changes the divisions again.

[canoilers]

They could still keep the crossover, they had it the last time Ottawa had a team. I really like that be it Edmonton/Calgary, Saskatchewan/Winnipeg or Toronto/Hamilton, I think personally they could make for exciting Grey Cups.

[SevenUp!]

It'd be better to the six best teams qualify, instead of just go with three from each division. Hopefully that's how they keep doing it.

[canoilers]

I defiantly don't disagree with that at all, especially considering theres only 8/9 teams. The CFL needs the 5th team in the East and they needed it yesterday.

[SevenUp!]

I defiantly don't disagree with that at all, especially considering theres only 8/9 teams. The CFL needs the 5th team in the East and they needed it yesterday.

Yeah Halifax, or St. John's, or somebody.....get your Maritime butts in gear already.

[canoilers]

I seen the Stadium plans for Halifax if they were going for the Commonwealth games, it's a shame they pulled out of the runnning. That defiantly would go along way into bringing the Atlantic Schooners into the CFL, they may have actually played a game even. :p

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Atlantic_Schooners.png

[SevenUp!]

Having a place to play can be helpful when you have a team, or want one. Then again, you'd have to worry about cleaning it before and after games, turning the lights on and off, and locking the doors. Who needs those kinds of headaches.:p

[canoilers]

I'm sure that having a team and not having a place to play is something people in Halifax know well, people in Ottawa are about to find that same thing out aswell.

No doubt! Who seriously wants to go around giving people jobs and incomes, especially in Atlantic Canada. Working is way too much of a hassle. :p

[SevenUp!]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/regina.jpg

Long ago huge herds of bison roamed the plains. The Plains Indians and Metis people hunted the animals for food and clothing. They camped on the banks of a creek where they killed many of the bison. The bones were laid in a large pile. So the site became known as Pile O' Bones.

In the late 1800s a railroad was built across Canada so the country could be connected from east to west. The first train came to Pile O' Bones in 1882. The site was just a tiny village. It was renamed Regina in honor of Queen Victoria. Regina means "queen".

Wascana Centre is a 9.3 square kilometre (2,300 acre) park built around Wascana Lake.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/Wascana_Centre_and_Regina_downtown.jpg

More pictures of the lake:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/CopyofWascanaLake.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/IMG_0030.jpg

Canadian Geese hang out here, some of them even year round.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/IMG_0029.jpg

Saskatchewan Legislative Building.....where all the provincial indecisions are made:p

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/SaskatchewanLegislativeBuildings.jpg

......and a little closer

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/rt_regina_saskatchewan_capital_2.jpg

Lake in the winter

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/skater-on-wascana-lake.jpg

Park in the summer

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Wascana%20Park/SummerFun.jpg

[Troll]

Awesome pics

[SevenUp!]

Thanks Andrew.....some of them I took, some I didn't.

[faithfully]

Great pics Robert:D

[SevenUp!]

Thanks Stevie.....there will be more:D

[faithfully]

Yippee:bounce:

[malshania]

i wanna go to Saskkatchewan sometimes!!




boy so many places i wanted to go to! i'd sure be broke! :D

[canoilers]

Nice pictures there Robert thanks for posting them. We can now have a competition because I just posted some of the our Legislature building. :p

[SevenUp!]

Competition resumes Seanny...;)

....here you go Stevie, pictures of the Saskatchewan Science Centre and Powerhouse of Discovery:D

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/ScienceCentre.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/PowerhouseofDiscovery.jpg

[faithfully]

Thanks for the pics Robert but is it as good as the SECC?:p

[Troll]

Looks cool

[malshania]

Saskatchewan!!!!!! :D

[malshania]

:great: awesome pix wobert! ;)

[SevenUp!]

Thanks people:D

Thanks for the pics Robert but is it as good as the SECC?:p

I've never been inside the SECC, so I don't know:p

I'll post more pictures and information of the Saskatchewan Science Centre later....then maybe we'll figure it out;)

[SevenUp!]

The Saskatchewan Science Centre opened in 1989. Located on the north bank of Wascana Lake, it occupies the site of a converted former power station.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/Saskatchewan%20Science%20Centre/SaskatchewanScienceCentre.jpg

Visitors to the centre are encouraged to perform experiments, ask questions and handle the exhibits including simulated space travel and watching their voices be reproduced on a computer screen.

You can send a balloon up into the air, stand inside a giant bubble, watch how cotton candy is made (and maybe eat some too!) with over 150 hands-on educational exhibits, games and activities, plus stage show demonstrations and much more including....

....the Kramer IMAX Theatre which is one of only 250 IMAX Theatres in the world! :]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/Saskatchewan%20Science%20Centre/PowerhouseofDiscovery.jpg

You can watch your favourite Hollywood movie or take an adventure to a foreign land or even outer space on the incredible five-story high IMAX screen.

This is what's playing now....

The Grand Canyon Adventure - River At Risk (Narrated by Robert Redford with Music by Dave Mathews Band)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/Saskatchewan%20Science%20Centre/GrandCanyonAdventure.jpg

Check it out here: http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=32

This is what Taryn will soon be seeing in person:D

Also playing there now is....

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/Saskatchewan%20Science%20Centre/wiredtitle.jpg

"Bringing the thrill of the Tour de France and the wonder of the human brain to the giant screen."

http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=51

.....and

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/Saskatchewan%20Science%20Centre/DinosaursAlive.jpg

A GIGANTIC ADVENTURE :D

http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=31


Opening here July 1st.....SHARKS!!!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/Saskatchewan%20Science%20Centre/bannersharks.jpg

Films official website.....http://www.sharksfilm.com/

[faithfully]

:eek:Dinosaurs alive and Sharks:uhh:you lucky tanker Robert, I love both those:(
Are you going to see em?:D

[faithfully]

I am gonna check their websites hopefully they will come to Scotland;)

[faithfully]

Dinosaurs is in Scotland as well:shocked: right next to the SECC Armadillo in the Science Centre:]:bounce::boogie:

[SevenUp!]

:eek:Dinosaurs alive and Sharks:uhh:you lucky tanker Robert, I love both those:(

Me too:]

Are you going to see em?:D

But of course.....my sister and her family are coming next week, I'll be taking the boys at some point. :D

[SevenUp!]

Dinosaurs is in Scotland as well:shocked: right next to the SECC Armadillo in the Science Centre:]:bounce::boogie:

:boogie: :bounce: :boogie:

[faithfully]

Me too:]



But of course.....my sister and her family are coming next week, I'll be taking the boys at some point. :D

Thats awesome:]:boogie:

[SevenUp!]

The Sharks will be great to see as well, next month:]

[faithfully]

:boogie: :bounce: :boogie:

I am gonna try and persuade my sister to come with me to the Science Centre for the Dinosaur movie and also to see all the other things there:D:bounce:

[SevenUp!]

Hope she's got a few days, because it'll take awhile to go through all the things there are to see and do:]

[faithfully]

Yeah I can get to take photos and I love taking pics:D

[SevenUp!]

Yeah I can get to take photos and I love taking pics:D

Really?? I hadn't noticed:p

[Groucho]

Robert, in the early '70s when I was flying back to the states from Germany I sat next to a woman from Canada. We talked about the places we had seen in Europe. When she asked me if I had ever been to Canada I told her I hadn't. She said, "You're saving the best for last." These photos are like a song from a Canadian group, "How You Remind Me." Thanks for the pics.

[SevenUp!]

Thanks for the pics.

Sure....and there will be more. I'm just getting started really.

[ELEANOR MAW]

Thanks for all the photos, info and links on Saskatchewan Robert :hugs:

[SevenUp!]

Sure Ellie, thanks for looking :hugs:

[ELEANOR MAW]

It looks a great place Robert :love: :hugs:

[SevenUp!]

I like the place Ellie, and there's lots to see and probably most people won't ever get to do that so I'm bringing it to you. :hugs: :love:

[ELEANOR MAW]

Thanks Robert :hugs: & :love:

[SevenUp!]

The "Army & Navy" is a department store chain in Canada billing itself as "Canada's Original Discount Store". It currently has 6 stores in Alberta and British Columbia.

The one shown here in Regina opened in 1920 and operated for about 80 years.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/ArmyNavy.jpg

It was replaced by a building that contains a Tim Horton's :D on the main floor.

Tim Horton's in the making....

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/216598.jpg

....and completed.....

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Regina/Buildings/CanadasBiggestTimHortons.jpg

The Tim Hortons restaurant, which -- at 3,157 square feet -- is the largest location in the national donut and coffee chain. :bounce: :D

[faithfully]

:eek:Wait until Terri sees this:boogie::bounce:

[Troll]

Cool pics

[canoilers]

Nice pictures of Regina Robert cause they rock. :D

[SevenUp!]

:eek:Wait until Terri sees this:boogie::bounce:

She might just like it, never know;)

Cool pics

Nice pictures of Regina Robert cause they rock. :D

Thanks guys.

[Burch]

nice pix :)

[SevenUp!]

nice pix :)

Thanks John.....same can be said to you:D

[faithfully]

I forgot to tell Terri about the Tim Hortons restaurant but I will mention it to her the next time I give her a call:)

[SevenUp!]

I forgot to tell Terri about the Tim Hortons restaurant but I will mention it to her the next time I give her a call:)

That's cool....you'd both be welcome to come spend your money there anytime:p

[faithfully]

:cool:I will see about it;)

[SevenUp!]

Camp Monahan provides an environment for kids age 6-16 to enjoy several activities including swimming, canoeing, crafts, archery, Christian discovery, outdoor education, fishing, sports, canoe & hiking trips, games, campfires, carnivals, daily prayer, sailboats, and help improve the counselor training program.

It's located along Katepwa Lake, near Fort Qu'Appelle, which is about an hour from Regina. I was there Sunday for their open house and took a few pictures.


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Camp%20Monahan/valleyandlake.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Camp%20Monahan/speedboating.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Camp%20Monahan/Intheshade.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Camp%20Monahan/Scenery.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Camp%20Monahan/Lake.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Camp%20Monahan/Lake3.jpg

Camp"fire"

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/SevenGup/Saskatchewan/Camp%20Monahan/CampSongs.jpg

[Troll]

Thanks for the pics

[dreamer]

lovely places robert

[Alex]

I aint seen those amazing pics of Regina Robert, they're nice, nice place to live, it doesnt seem to have the typical traffic of big big cities, which it makes a wonderful place:D

thanks for the pic :boogie:

[Groucho]

That's really great for the kids to get away. Robert, are you going to be a counselor at the camp?

[SevenUp!]

Robert, are you going to be a counselor at the camp?

Nope....not my kind of thing.

My sister used to be one when she was younger though, now she's the director of the place.

[Alex]

Roberta will be forever glued to the computer thing :p