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Backroad Mapbooks: Southern Saskatchewan
Released: 2005-06-01
ISBN: 978-1-894556-65-1
Dimensions: 21.5cm x 28cm (8.5" x 11")
Pages: 120
Map Scale: 56 maps @ 1:250,000, 7 city & park maps @ 1:30,000–60,000
Regional Cities/Parks: Coronach, Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Eastend, Grasslands National Park, Great Sand Hills, Moose Jaw, Swift Current

Price: $19.95

Note: The PDF book version of the mapbook is zoomable, searchable and you can also easlity bookmark your favorite spots. The PDF mapbooks are not printable or geo-referenced.


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Welcome to the premier edition of the Backroad Mapbook for Southern Saskatchewan! Inside this guidebook you will find the most comprehensive outdoor

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Welcome to the premier edition of the Backroad Mapbook for Southern Saskatchewan! Inside this guidebook you will find the most comprehensive outdoor recreation resource available for Southern Saskatchewan. Discover a land that is much more than just prairies — although they are one of its greatest assets. The great prairie area of Saskatchewan will virtually allow you to see forever and the sky is bigger and bluer than city dwellers can imagine.

As you travel north and south along the Saskatchewan-Alberta border you will find the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and Labrador in the incredible Cypress Hills and its lodgepole pine forests. You will also discover the Great Sand Hills, with their incredible shifting sands. The Trans-Canada Highway runs west to east and cuts through this great prairie area. Should you leave this ribbon of asphalt, in less than half an hour’s drive you will find yourself following first the South Saskatchewan River at the Alberta border, into Lake Diefenbaker, then the Qu’Appelle Valley with its chain of lakes, until you reach the Manitoba border. Whatever kind of outdoor recreation you are looking for you can find it a stone’s throw from the Trans-Canada Highway.

Regina, the province’s capital city, is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway. Queen of the plains, the city is small-town friendly, but city-proud of its attractions. The province is indeed often referred to as small-town Saskatchewan, since a community dots the countryside at most 15 km (9 miles) intervals on what is the single largest network of roads in Canada. In fact there are 256,000 km (158,720 miles) of roads — or 22 percent of all the roads in Canada — to explore with our mapbooks for the entire province!

The numerous small cities, towns, hamlets, and farms that are home to nearly one million Saskatchewan residents provide a lot of backroad attractions for visitors. One of these is golf courses — Saskatchewan has the highest number of golf courses per capita of anywhere in the world! You will also find numerous museums and historic sites showcasing the colourful mosaic of cultures that have mingled to make the province strong. If you are a dinosaur hunter, Saskatchewan has a treasure trove of fossils. If you are drawn to cowboy legend and folklore, Southwest Saskatchewan is Canada’s Wild West, and home to the longest continuously running rodeo in Canada. In fact today there are more professional rodeos in Saskatchewan than anywhere else in Canada!

There are, as well, numerous opportunities to get back to nature too, with Cypress Interprovincial Park in the east and Moose Mountain Provincial Park in the west, among others. All in all, Southern Saskatchewan has more than 60 national, provincial, and regional parks, with more than a dozen additional recreation sites. Whether it is fishing, paddling, ATVing, or snowmobiling, there are plenty of opportunities to explore the wilderness. Southwestern Saskatchewan is also a world-class destination for bird watchers, with numerous unique opportunities to focus your binoculars on rare or endangered species.

Southern Saskatchewan is indeed a four-season destination for outdoor enthusiasts. However, the prairie weather can definitely affect outdoor activities. The average daily high January temperature in Regina is about -11°C (10°F); the July average high is about 26°C (79°F), although over the course of a year the temperature can readily drop to less than -40°C (-40°C) or around 40°C (-104°C). Both heat and cold are often increased by the wind, since it is a constant companion on the prairies, so be prepared during outdoor activities.

The Backroad Mapbook will help you explore this vast and wonderful section of Southern Saskatchewan. In addition to the maps, the writing will open your dreams to places you didn’t realize even existed. So sit back and enjoy what we have to offer.

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Features & Benefits

  • Recreational Features:
    Trail systems, symbols, management units and more
  • Road Features:
    Complete classified road systems, road names and more
  • UTM Grid & Longitude and Latitude:
    for GPS user
  • Reference Section:
    Comprehensive write up on Fishing, Paddling, Parks, Trails, Winter Rec and more
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