Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan

• Melissa Kennison
• CAS111
• Sept. 10, 2007

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The Flag of Saskatchewan

• The flag was adopted in 1969
• Colors
• Gold Prarie Grain fields in the south
• Green Forest areas in the north
• Symbols
• West Red Lily The floral emblem of Saskatchewan
• Red Lion Saskatchewans Link to England
• 3 Sheaves of grain Sask. Agricultural
  contribution to Canada and the World

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Geography

• Boarders
• Manitoba (E), Alberta (W), U.S.A. (S), Northwest
  Territories (N)
• Sask. Is apart of the Great Plains Region
• Sask. Is 251,866 sq. miles
• Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan

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Geography

• Natural Regions
• Canadian Shield
• Parklands/Aspen grove Belt
• Interior Plains
• Tall Grass Short Grass Prairies

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Canadian Shield

• Glacier created thousands of rivers, lakes and
  bogs where the Canadian Shield is.
• The C.S. is north of the grasslands are the
  parklands/aspengrove.
• There are deciduous trees
• There are coniferous trees

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Interior Plains

• The Interior Plains are found in the southern
  half of Saskatchewan.
• The plains region is mostly flat with some
  rolling hills
• Tall grass prairies
• Short grass prairies

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History

• First People
• Athapaskan Family
• Algonquian Family
• Siouan Family

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Fur Trade

• The northern areas began to be developed because
  of the fur trade.
• Henry Kelsey
• First white man in Saskatchewan. He traveled
  along the Sas. River trying to trade furs with
  the First Nations.

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Railways

• The government was trying to encourage settlement
  in the west, so they gave free land to anyone who
  was willing to go west.
• The Canadian Railroad was started in 1872 and was
  completed in 1885.

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History

• September 1, 1905
• This is the date that Saskatchewan was named as a
  province.
• Population
• 1914-750,000 people
• 1931-921,785 people
• Drought-The population decreased because of a big
  draught.
• Mining and Oil-The population began to increase
  because of mining and oil.

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History

• Kisiskatchewan
• This is the name that the Plains Indians gave to
  the land.
• Aboriginal Population
• The Canadian Government later created treaties
  with the First Nations populations promising
  support for giving up their lands.

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Population

• Population as of April 1, 2007
• 990,212 people
• Population of Canada as of July 2007
• 33,390,141 people
• Saskatoon (largest city)
• 202,340

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Websites

• http//www.sasktourism.com/
• http//www.saskschools.ca/gregory/sask/skgeo.html
  
• http//www.saskschools.ca/gregory/sask/skhistory.
  html
• http//www.stats.gov.sk.ca/
• http//www.educationcanada.com/facts/index.phtml?s
  idska3langeng
• http//www.ir.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN3770,3387,
  3328,2936,Documents
• http//www.agr.gov.sk.ca/
• http//www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/flagSASK.
  htm
• http//iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/images/saskatch
  ewan1.jpg