The modern city of Saskatoon began as a tiny settlement on the east bank of the South Saskatchewan River. It was founded by immigrants from Toronto belonging to the Temperance Colonization Society, led by Methodist preacher John Neilson Lake. Although the planned temperance colony ultimately failed, the small settlement managed to endure. It lost [...]

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Located in the middle of the roundabout at the base of the Victoria bridge, “The Founders” by sculptor Hans Holtkamp stands as a fitting tribute to the two men who are considered Saskatoon’s founding fathers.
John Lake was the leader of the Temperance Colonization Society, a group of Methodists [...]

The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park is located in the Silverspring neighbourhood in Saskatoon. Originally called “The Sutherland Forest Nursery Station”, the site was used as a nursery to supply the northern part of the prairie provinces with trees. Over 147 million trees came out of the nursery from 1913 to 1966, delivering caragana, [...]

Built by the Texaco oil company in 1929, this eye-catching building was known as the West Side Service Station until 1943, when it was changed to the Little Chief Service Station. This is the only commercial example of Spanish Colonial architecture in Saskatoon, and only one of two in all of Saskatchewan. It’s architecture [...]