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Saskatoon is on the Yellowhead Highway spur of the Trans-Canada Highway system, also known as Highway 16, which connects Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. Highways 5 , 7 , 11 , 12 , 14 , 41 , 219 , 684 , and 762 all meet at Saskatoon, with Highway 60 terminating just outside the southwestern city limits.
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.
Next of Kin Memorial Avenue National Historic Site of Canada Saskatoon SK 52°08′50″N 106°39′29″W / 52.1471°N 106.658°W / 52.1471; -106.658 ( Next of Kin Memorial Avenue National Historic Site of
1964. Maple Creek. 49°33′1.75″N 109°53′19.76″W. / 49.5504861°N 109.8888222°W / 49.5504861; -109.8888222 ( Cypress Hills Massacre) The site where American traders attacked a Nakoda camp and killed a number of inhabitants; one of the first major tests of Canada's law enforcement policies in Western Canada.
The Forestry Farm Park and Zoo is a forested park and zoo located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The park was originally established as the Dominion Forest Nursery Station [1] and later Sutherland Forest Nursery Station. Between 1913 and 1966 was responsible for growing and shipping 147 million trees shipped across the northern prairie ...
The Saskatoon freezing deaths involved Indigenous Canadians in and immediately outside Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in the 1990s and early 2000s, and are suspected of being linked to actions by the members of the Saskatoon Police Service. The police officers would arrest Indigenous people, who were usually male, for alleged drunkenness and/or ...
A. pumila (Torr. & A. Gray) Nutt. ex M. Roem. Aronia alnifolia Nutt. Amelanchier alnifolia, the saskatoon berry, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, western shadbush, or western juneberry, [ 2] is a shrub native to North America. It is a member of the rose family, and bears an edible berry-like fruit.
On April 1, 2011, a Fugro Aviation Canada Limited CASA C-212, C-FDKM, carrying three crew, crashed while attempting a landing at Saskatoon Airport. After declaring an emergency with an engine failure, the aircraft crashed on a Saskatoon street (Wanuskewin Drive) and hit a concrete sound barrier. One person was killed, and two were injured. [36]