Saskatoon, Saskachewan. Methodists from Ontario founded this city in 1883, as the capital of a
temperance colony. This idealized life did not
catch on and twenty years later there was a
population of only 113 people. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) brought an influx
of settlers. German, Ukranian, Scandinavian and
British settlers gave the town new life. Those
early years are recalled each summer with a
Pioneer Days celebration and at Boomtown
Saskachewan, the Western Development Museum,
where there is a restruction of a street of 1910
complete with pioneer bank, Chinese laundry and
railway station. Saskachewan is noted for its wide
streets, trees and water, as reflected in this
picture of the Bessborough Hotel on the South Saskachewan River.

A pioneer church at North Battlefield, Saskachewan, an
 interesting historical village of the 1925 era, which is a
 branch of the Western Development Museum. Across the
 valley of the North Saskachewan River is Battlefield, once
   a capital. The latter's National Historic Park has its
   focal point a restored North-West Mounted Police
                    station.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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