Its name derives from a Cree word meaning "swift river". Henry Kelsey was among the first Europeans to explore it, in the late 1500s, when in addition to the Cree he made contact with the Chipewyan and Blackfoot tribes along the namesake river.
Its name derives from a Cree word meaning "swift river". Henry Kelsey was among the first Europeans to explore it, in the late 1500s, when in addition to the Cree he made contact with the Chipewyan and Blackfoot tribes along the namesake river. That river flows from west to east across the state after absorbing the Battle and Red Deer Rivers in Alberta. In 1885, the Meti people here attempted the North West Rebellion against Louis Riel, but were exterminated despite their claims to the land. Twenty years later, this area became a Canadian province, and is considered one of the Prairie Provinces. Its center contains Prince Albert National Park. Name this province west of Manitoba whose capital is Regina and whose biggest city is Saskatoon.
Its name derives from a Cree word meaning "swift river". Henry Kelsey was among the first Europeans to explore it, in the late 1500s, when in addition to the Cree he made contact with the Chipewyan and Blackfoot tribes along the namesake river.
Saskatchewan