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Saskatoon has three main school boards, the Saskatoon Public School Division, the Saskatoon Catholic School Division and the Conseil des Ecoles Fransaskoises. The western annexation of what is now called the Blairmore SDA also brought the Yarrow Youth Farm within the city limits; operated by the Province of Saskatchewan, this was a correction ...
Aerial photo of the South Saskatchewan River, c. 1940s.The city of Saskatoon developed around the South Saskatchewan River.. The history of Saskatoon began with the first permanent non-indigenous settlement of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1883 when Toronto Methodists, wanting to escape the liquor trade in that city, decided to set up a "dry" community in the rapidly growing prairie region.
This article is a list of historic places in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. List of historic places [ edit ]
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Possibly the earliest known staged photograph, created in protest to the French government's apparent neglect of the invention of his photographic process. [7] [8] [s 1] The Haystack: 1844 [c] William Henry Fox Talbot Lacock, England, United Kingdom [11] Calotype
MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina is the only major currently functioning art gallery in the province known to bring in major shows from other galleries. Saskatoon's now-defunct Mendel Art Gallery Saskatoon ceased operations in 2015 with no known opening date for a new gallery. Prince Albert, North Battleford, Moose Jaw and Yorkton all have public ...
The first known European to enter Saskatchewan was Henry Kelsey from England in 1690, who travelled up the Saskatchewan River in hopes of trading fur with the region's indigenous peoples. Fort La Jonquière and Fort de la Corne were first established in 1751 and 1753 by early French explorers and traders.
Saskatoon is Saskatchewan's largest city, with a population of 317,480 in the census metropolitan area. [1] It is located on the Trans-Canada's Yellowhead Highway #16 and is centrally located within the province. According to estimated figures by Tourism Saskatchewan, tourism in Saskatoon is worth over $600 million.