Saskatchewan : is the center most prairie province of Canada. Saskatchewan was first explored by Europeans in 1690 and settled in 1774; prior to that, it was populated by several indigenous tribes. The province’s name is derived from the Saskatchewan River. Earlier, the river was designated kisiskāciwani-sīpiy (“swift flowing river”) in the Cree language. Regina, the capital city, is often called “The Queen City”.
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"I may be gone now, but I promise you I will be coming back.."
Well here it goes guys - 12 years ago I moved to a little cozy town and very quickly fell in love with my hometown Rothesay :) I made lots of friends, attended a dance class , played sports (well...somewhat, those of you who REALLY know me.. know that sports weren't really my THING, but I wanted them to be..) wrote journals, made flower crowns and lived life!
Met a boy, fell in love - and from there.. well you all know that I married my high school sweet heart, have had two beautiful little girls and am now packing up my little family, and setting off into new adventures!
Although, getting "that call" the call I had been waiting by the phone for months to get, the call that would ultimatly change our lives forever, the call that scared the pants off me.. yet made me so excited!
It came and very quietly answered the phone- "Babe?" "yes?" "Do you KNOW??" "yup, do you really want to know?" "Yes I want to know.. of course I want to know!" "Nah, Ill tell ya later..!" "TELLLLL MEEEEEE!!" "Well...guess!" "NO!, I dont want to guess, I want to KNOW!" " We're going to Saskatchewan baby!"
Fewf - A sigh of relief came over me for about one tenth of a second, really didn't want to get posted in Manitoba.... but then it all came rushing back- The goodbyes, the pain, the comfort, the GRANDPARENTS, my friends, my hobbies, my church , my house... all gone
Everything I have ever known and felt 'comfortable in' is going to be taken away from me.
I have to spread my wings and become the CEO of this family - the doctor, the teacher, the lawyer, the maid, the cook, the taxi - and not really have that comfort of saying "hey ma? what ya cooking for dinner? want some guests?" Its all far to real now -
Im leaving home.........
BUT then.....I take GREAT comfort knowing that I have the most amazing, kind, generous, loving, respected and honorable husband waiting for me. The man I fell in love with and do everytime he looks at our little girls. The man that has been so amazing through out these past 6 months, and is so passionate about his job! The man that I am doing all of this for because he is the most important.
So Then I started researching - Its hard to put down 'preferred choices' about your Division when you really have no sweet clue what the province is like, let alone know the 'preferred' towns. We took leaps and bounds of faith on knowing that God really does have the sweetest place and most beautiful town for us and our growing family. Take a look at how truly beautiful Saskatchewan is! Here is our new HOME
the fishing and hunting are pretty exciting for the hubs! We don't know what town we are posted to yet -- so more exciting news to find out! but Ill keep you posted :) Until then here are some facts about our new province :)
Interesting facts about Saskatchewan
• More than half of the people live in Saskatoon (largest city in the province) and provincial capital, Regina.
• Its major industries are agriculture, mining, and energy.
• one half of Saskatchewan is forest, while one third is farmland
• Saskatchewan has over 100,000 lakes, rivers, streams
• Northern Saskatchewan has forests, marshes, lakes, rivers
• southern region is mainly flat prairie with some rolling hills and valleys
• Saskatchewan grows over 54 percent of Canada’s wheat crop
• Forestry is prominent in northern Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan is rich in minerals like potash, uranium, coal, oil and natural gas
• Saskatchewan is the world leader in the production of uranium
• Saskatchewan is Canada’s second largest producer of oil (after Alberta)
• Saskatchewan is third largest producer of natural gas in Canada
• Saskatchewan has more inventors per capita than anywhere else in Canada
• Western Canada’s only stagecoach robbery happened just south of Humboldt
• The deadliest tornado in Canada struck in Regina in 1912
• Saskatchewan has more road surface than anywhere else in Canada (250,000km)
• Saskatchewan is the site of North America’s oldest bird sanctuary
• Potash is Saskatchewan’s official mineral, Saskatchewan is also the world’s largest producer and exporter of potash and is a multi-million dollar industry
• Up until only a few years ago Saskatchewan’s total population was only estimated a one-million people (the city of Toronto can still hold our entire population with room to spare
• Saskatchewan is called “The Land of The Living Skies” because its citizens have the largest and longest un-interrupted view of the wind system known as the jet-stream which passes through Saskatchewan 73.6% of the year bringing with it large amounts of interesting cloud formations and ever changing weather systems
• There are only 3 large cities in Saskatchewan! But there is pretty much a town every 10 minutes driving down the highway!
Love from,
The little house in the Prairies :)
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