Talk:Saskatchewan

Region Changes

@Shaund, Ground Zero: I added additional content for Saskatchewan and I'm wondering the the top-level regions should be updated, including splitting both Central Saskatchewan and Southern Saskatchewan? Both regions could be split east-west along Highway 2/11/6 from Prince Albert to the US border. The regions are geographically quite large, stretching the width of the province.

• Southeastern Saskatchewan - east of Hwy 2 (north of Chamberlain), Hwy 11 (Chamberlain-Regina), and Hwy 6 (south of Regina). The line could actually be slightly west of Regina so the city would be in the SE. Northern boundaries of the Qu'Appelle River/South Saskatchewan River could remain, but the Qu'Appelle valley (i.e Fort Qu'Appelle, etc) would be included in this region.
• Southwestern Saskatchewan - west of the line outlined above, with Moose Jaw, Chamberlain, Lake Diefenbaker and points west being included. Northern boundary is fine. It should be noted that the topography does slightly change from prairie/parkland in the east to grasslands in the west.
• West Central Saskatchewan - west of Hwy 2, includes Saskatoon; southern boundary is fine.
• East Central Saskatchewan - east of Hwy 2 and includes the Hwy 2 communities such as Wakaw and Watrous-Manitou Beach; southern boundary is fine.

I'm thinking quadripoint would be somewhere between Liberty and Holdfast, so Chamberlain is in the SW (closest to Moose Jaw), Regina Beach is the SE (included with Regina), and Davidson is in West Central.

• Northern Saskatchewan - I would recommend pushing the boundaries southward so anything along Hwy 55 is automatically in the north. Generally the parkland/agricultural land transitions to more northern forests between Hwys 3 & 55, so places like Loon Lake, Meadow Lake, Shellbrook, and Nipawin belong in the north. On the eastern section, the landscape starts changing a lot further south, so the Northern/East Central boundary could head in a southeasterly direction from Nipawin and include Hudson Bay (its included in the Northern region but the Saskatchewan map shows it in Central).

Any thoughts? --MuzikMachine (talk) 06:31, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

@MuzikMachine: I see your point that South and Central regions are now over-full with destinations. Great work. I've not been to Saskatchewan yet — I plan to go in the fall if we get the jabs and things open — so I will defer to your local knowledge. Ground Zero (talk) 04:12, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

I took another look at the map, while Hudson Bay is definitely a transition to have a "northern" feel, it's far enough south to still be in East Central. --MuzikMachine (talk) 17:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

@MuzikMachine: great work on reorganizing the regions! Ground Zero (talk) 15:36, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

@Ground Zero: Thank you! All that's needed is an updated map and I think that would wrap it up; unfortunately I don't have tools readily available to do that. I noticed there was a Spiritwood article floating around (wasn't listed on the Northern Saskatchewan page), so I'm thinking the Northern/West Central line should be south of SK 3 west of Prince Albert. --MuzikMachine (talk) 17:28, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Regions

I made a list of regions that could be included in Saskatchewan, but what are people's thoughts on them? Keep smiling, (WT-en) ee ^talk 17:38, 14 November 2008 (EST).

The regions here are looking a bit neglected. The provincial tourism site lists seven regions [1]. I don't think we need that many since the content is very sparse, so I'm proposing to have three regions -- Southern, Central and Northern.

• Northern Saskatchewan - Essentially everything on SK Highway 55 and north. This would include the city of Prince Albert.
• Central Saskatchewan - Everything south of SK Highway 55 and north of the South Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle Rivers. Includes the cities of Saskatoon and North Battleford. East Central Saskatchewan would be merged into this region.
• Southern Saskatchewan - Everything south of the South Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle Rivers to the US Border. Includes the cities of Regina and Swift Current. Southwest (Saskatchewan) would be merged into this region.

Thoughts? - (WT-en) Shaund 00:57, 23 March 2011 (EDT)

No comments so I implemented the region structure today. - (WT-en) Shaund 00:37, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

Changing the boundaries of the Southwest Region

Hi there,

As per Great Southwest (https://greatsouthwest.ca/), which appears to be the only regional tourism authority in the province (or at least the one best at advertising itself), I am suggesting we extend the boundaries of the Southwest Region.

The proposed changes are:

1. to the north: extending the boundary to Highway 7, so as to include all of the Great Sandhills and all of Lake Dief and surrounding area (Kindersley and Rosetown, etc. would still be part of West-Central region, but on the edge of it)
2. to the east: extending the boundary to Highway 6, so as to include all of the badlands, Ogema, etc.

These proposed changes are based on the guidebook/map on the Great Southwest website and my own experiences in this region.

I strongly suggest that the 2nd reccomended change happens, and hope that the first one is considered as well.

Thank you --Tundraski (talk) 22:45, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Am ok with it. @Ground Zero: does this work out? SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 22:57, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Which 9 cities?

Per 7+2, non-bottom-level region articles cannot have more than 9 cities in the "Cities" sections. Which of these should be removed? Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:40, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

• 1 Regina — the provincial capital offers museums, art galleries, and a professional football team
• 2 Saskatoon — the province's largest city, and its economic and cultural hub
• 3 The Battlefords — twin communities of North Battleford and Battleford at the confluence to the Battle and North Saskatchewan Rivers
• 4 Estevan — the sunniest city in Canada
• 5 Moose Jaw — take a tour through the extensive underground tunnels that were used by bootleggers in the 1920s and by early Chinese immigrants
• 6 Lloydminster — a city that straddles the border between Saskatchewan and Alberta
• 7 Prince Albert — gateway to Northern Saskatchewan
• 8 Swift Current — home to a Mennonite heritage village
• 9 Weyburn — home of the world's first curling museum
• 10 Yorkton — home of North America's longest-running film festival

I visited Saskatchewan for the first time last month, so I will defer to anyone with more experience. If no-one steps forward, based on the See and Do listings, I nominate Estevan and Swift Current for demotion from this list. I had a decent coffee in Swift Current, but otherwise it struck me as a very ordinary town. (I note that 7±2 does not always equal 9 for anyone who objects to me proposing 2 cities for demotion.) These cities of course would remain in the subregion articles for Southeastern and Southwestern Saskatchewan. Ground Zero (talk) 00:40, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Done. Ground Zero (talk) 03:28, 20 June 2022 (UTC)