Attractions

Summer brings a host of events, big and small. You can choose from threshing bees, antique car rallies, horse shows, Chautauqua, rodeos (including the longest continually running rodeo in Canada), Motif multicultural festival in Moose Jaw, or the Saskatchewan Air Show that attracts thousands of spectators each year. For a list of area events, please check out the information below.

Assiniboia

Assiniboia & District Historical Museum
Open year round.
General store (1912), doctor's office, coal mine, post office, barber shop, communications display, Indian and pole trail display. Art and craft shows.

503 - 3rd Avenue West
Phone: (306) 642-5353 or (306) 642-4216

Bengough

Bengough & District Museum
Open May 15 - September 30. July through August, open Friday to Sunday 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., other times by appointment.
Features local history displays and historical items.
1st Avenue West in the former rural municipality office
Phone: (306) 268-2909 or (306) 268-4404

Big Muddy Badlands
A vast tract of undulating hills marked by buttes, cliffs and coulees. This is where you'll find the Outlaw caves used by horse thief and cattle rustler Sam Kelly. The caves proved to be such a good hide-out, they were included as the northern-most station on Butch Cassidy's infamous Outlaw Trail, which stretched from Mexico to Canada.

Chaplin (not in region)

Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve
Open daily 9am - 5pm
Designation May 1997
Over 30 species of shorebirds including the sanderling, American avocet, and the endangered piping plover. Viewing towers, interpretive centre, tourist information.
Departure point for Chaplin area tours.

Coronach

Coronach District Museum
Open July 1 - August 31. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am-5pm; other times by appointment.
Features historical displays, records, photos and artifacts representing the lives of pioneers of the area.
240 - 1st Street West in former hospital building
Phone: (306) 267-5724 or (306) 267-2456

Coronach and District Tours
Open June 1 - September 1
Scheduled tours Saturday and Sunday, other times and off season upon request. All tours must be pre-booked by phone or mail.
Tours take in Castle Butte and other features of the Big Muddy, outlaw caves, the only known Indian buffalo in Canada, turtle effigy, tippi rings and ceremonial circle.
Depart from Coronach
Phone: (306) 267-3312 or (306) 267-2150

Poplar River Power Plant and Mine Site
Open March 1 - December 15: 9:30am and 1pm daily. Groups and other times call ahead.
Two hour bus tour of power plant and mine site.
Saskatchewan's first environmentally advanced thermal power station and two of the largest draglines in North America.
Plant is 8km SE of Coronach
Mine is 16km N of Coronach
Tours start from tourist information booth in town.
Phone: (306) 267-2078 or (306) 267-2157

Grasslands National Park

Grasslands National Park
Open year-round
Administrative office open Monday to Friday 8am - 12noon, 1 - 4:30pm, closed holidays.
Visitor Reception Centre open May long weekend, daily 8am - 6pm. Hours subject to change.
The Park, currently covering 450 square km preserves a representative portion of the Prairie Grasslands natural region of Canada. Common prairie plants and animals, cultural landscapes and the area's geological history is protected. In-park services include a self-guided ecotour, 1.5 km hiking trail, interpretive programs. Activities include hiking, primitive camping, horseback riding, birding, photography.
Additional information at Wood Mountain Regional Park.
SW Saskatchewan between Val Marie and Killdeer, S of Hwy 18.
Phone: (306) 298-2257. TTY (306) 298-2217.

Gravelbourg

Musee de Gravelbourg Museum
Open July 1 - August 31
Open daily 1-5pm. By appointment only from September to June. Collection of early pioneer memorabilia. Extensive artifacts form early Saskatchewan residents: Dr. A. Soucy, circa 1906; Fr. Gravel, founder of town; Maillard, painter of cathedral murals.
300 Main Street
Phone: (306) 648-3301

Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral
Open year-round
Guided tours available in French or English during July and August. Call ahead for group tours.
Cathedral built in 1918, now declared a provincial historic property. Features notable paintings by Charles Maillard (painted 1921-31) and stained glass windows.
Phone: (306) 648-3322

Lafleche

Lafleche and District Museum
Open year round
Open July and August, Saturday and Sunday 1 -5 p.m., by appointment anytime.
Features items pertaining to local history in the areas of homesteading, military, kitchen corner, parlour, home entertainment, general store, blacksmith shop, school days, etc. Library of books, catalogues, newspaper clippings, picture albums. Mural by a local artist, souvenirs.
207 Main Street
Phone: (306) 472-5276

Mankota

Email: village.mankota@sasktel.net

Country Corral Holding
Open year round
Open Tuesday to Saturday 9:30am to 5:30pm. Closed holidays.
Art, crafts and gifts. Tourist information Centre. Coffee and tea room. Great Western hospitality.
138-3rd Street West
Phone: (306) 478-2334

Mankota Museum
Open year round
Open 9am-5pm or by appointment.
Old school house and machinery display.
4th Street on West side of town
Phone: (306) 478-2507

V Hills Art
Open year round
Open June to August, Wednesday to Sunday 9am-5pm; other times upon request. Tours upon request.
Limited edition prints, drawings, portraits, paintings and cards by Debbie McCrea. Complimentary tea and coffee, and area information available.
20kms SW of Mankota. Watch for signs.
Phone: (306) 478-2654

Mossbank

Dreamweavers Arts and Crafts
Open year-round
Open Mon to Fri 10am-5pm, other times by appointment.
Former church of 2,000 square feet housing all types of Saskatchewan man-made crafts. Two floors adorned with ceramics, quilts, dolls, painting, wood carvings, dried flowers and antiques.
101-5th Avenue South
Phone: (306) 354-2821 or (306) 354-2889

Mossbank and District Museum
Open Sunday 2-5pm and occasional afternoons, other times by appointment.
Old country school house converted into a museum. Furnished settler's shack, military uniforms. Blacksmith's house, yard and shop with equipment. Wall size murals: #2 Bombing/Gunnery School, history of "Old Pole Trail" and Old Wives Lake. Native artifacts.
115-3rd Street West
Phone: (306) 354-2821 or (306) 354-2889

Wheat Weaving by Joyce Fenske
Open year-round
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-7pm, appointments preferred.
Straw weaving souvenirs and gifts handmade from Saskatchewan grown wheat. Earrings, cowboys and straw ladies, ducks and country wall hangings. Barn board items and local art. Demonstrations and free gifts available to group tours when booked in advance.
208 3rd Avenue South, West of Main Street
Phone: (306) 354-2829 or (306) 354-2453
Email: wheat.weaver@sasktel.net

Ogema

Deep South Pioneer Museum
Open May 15-September 30
Open Sunday and holidays 1-6pm, other days by appointment.
Twenty buildings depicting old time stores, churches and parish hall, school, town and RM office, doctor and dentist office, print shop, theatre, bank, auctioneer's office, telephone and post office. Antique agricultural implements and household items.
West of Government Road, NW side of town.
Phone: (306) 459-2431 or (306) 459-2294

St. Victor

Le Beau Village Museum
Open May 1-September 30
Open Monday-Friday, 10am-12noon, 1-5pm
Phone: (306) 642-3118

St. Victor Petroglyphs Provincial Historic Park
Open year-round
Rock carvings depicting prehistoric Indian life. Stairway and boardwalk take visitors to petroglyphs. Interpretive panel onsite. Picnic area.
5 kms South of St. Victor
Phone: (306) 787-2854

Willow Bunch

Willow Bunch Museum and Heritage Society
Open year-round
Open May 15 to September 15, daily 10am-5pm. Other times by appointment.
Local history displays and household artifacts from pioneer days. Features the history of Jean Louis Legare, founder of Willow Bunch, and items belonging to Edouard Beaupre, the "Willow Bunch Giant". A life-size statue of Mr. Beaupre stands in front of the museum.
Located in the old convent.
Phone: (306) 473-2806 or (306) 473-2245

Annual Family Ranch Rodeo/Heritage Day
Aug 1.
Phone : (306) 473-2450

Wood Mountain

Wood Mountain Post Provincial Historic Park
Open May 18-September 7
Open daily 10am-12noon and 1-5pm. Admission fee.
Changing displays depicting the history of Wood Mountain rodeo and ranching; models of ranch scenes, saddle making, bunkhouses, ranch kitchen, adobe building. Photos, tool saddles. Major new display on local rodeo. Historical Turf Club building onsite.
8km S of Wood Mountain on Highway 18
Phone: (306) 266-4953 or (306) 266-4539