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Melfort is a city in Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 95 km southeast of Prince Albert, 172 km northeast of Saskatoon and 280 km north of Regina. Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in 1980. Melfort was formerly called the City of Northern Lights due to the frequency with which the aurora borealis appears. However, in 2016, Melfort became Play Melfort due to its vast recreation programs and facilities. The city is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Star City No. 428 and the Rural Municipality of Flett's Springs No. 429. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Peter Chapman First Nation band government.
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  • 1. Melfort and District Museum Melfort
    Melfort is a city in Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 95 km southeast of Prince Albert, 172 km northeast of Saskatoon and 280 km north of Regina. Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in 1980. Melfort was formerly called the City of Northern Lights due to the frequency with which the aurora borealis appears. However, in 2016, Melfort became Play Melfort due to its vast recreation programs and facilities. The city is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Star City No. 428 and the Rural Municipality of Flett's Springs No. 429. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Peter Chapman First Nation band government.
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  • 2. Prince Albert National Park Waskesiu Lake
    Prince Albert National Park encompasses 3,874 square kilometres in central Saskatchewan, Canada and is located 200 kilometres north of Saskatoon. Though declared a national park March 24, 1927, it had its official opening ceremonies on August 10, 1928 performed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The park is open all year but the most visited period is from May to September. Although named for the city, the park's main entrance is actually 80 km north of Prince Albert via Highways 2 and 263 which enters the park at its southeast corner. Two additional secondary highways enter the park: No. 264, which branches off Hwy. 2 just east of the Waskesiu townside, and No. 240, which enters the park from the south and links with 263 just outside the entry fee-collection gates. The park ra...
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  • 3. Northern Lights Casino Prince Albert
    Northern Lights Casino, is a casino located in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. The 42,000 sq ft facility includes a Casino , lounge, and restaurant opened in 1996.The Casino opened a new 4,500-square-foot expansion in January, 2011 that included a smoking room, and 203 slot machines.
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  • 4. Batoche National Historic Site Batoche
    Batoche, Saskatchewan was the site of the historic Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. The battle resulted in the defeat of Louis Riel and his Métis forces by Major General Frederick Middleton and his Northwest Field Force.
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  • 5. Little Lake Manitou Watrous
    Little Manitou Lake is a small saltwater lake about 120 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon, Canada. The lake was formed by receding glaciers during the most recent ice age. It is fed by underground springs, and has a mineral content high in sodium, magnesium and potassium salts due to it being a terminal lake. The salt content of the water gives it a salinity about half of that of the Dead Sea , allowing bathers to float easily, and makes fish very easy to catch.
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  • 6. Greenwater Lake Provincial Park Porcupine Plain
    Greenwater Lake Provincial Park is located in eastern Saskatchewan on Highway 38. The name of the park does not refer to the colour of the water itself, but rather to the colour of the reflection of the trees on the water near the shores.
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  • 7. Grey Owl Cabin Prince Albert
    Grey Owl was the name British-born Archibald Belaney chose for himself when he took on a fraudulent First Nations identity as an adult. While he achieved fame as a conservationist during his life, after his death the revelation of his non-Native origins and other autobiographical fabrications negatively affected his reputation. Born in England and migrating to Canada in the first decade of the 20th century, Belaney rose to prominence as a notable author, lecturer, and one of the most effective apostles of the wilderness. In his studies of the Ojibwe, Belaney learned some native harvesting techniques and trapping skills. The pivotal moment of departure for his early conservation work was when he began his relationship with a young Iroquois woman named Gertrude Bernard, who assisted in his t...
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