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Saskatchewan
In the popular imagination, Saskatchewan is
nothing but one continuous wheat fi eld, a
place with little topography or cultural divers-
ity. And the traveller passing through parts of
southern Saskatchewan in late summer can
hardly be forgiven for thinking otherwise:
this is Canada's breadbasket, after all, pro-
ducing a full 60% of the nation's wheat in
acres of golden fi elds that literally stretch to
the horizon.
It is for this reason that the place is usu-
ally portrayed as nothing more than a cold
monotonous patch of grassland between
the lakes of Manitoba and the mountains of
Alberta. And it's true: the entire province
is subject to such bitterly cold winters that
“plug-ins”—electric connections that keep a
car battery warm overnight—are standard at
a good hotel.
However, a little probing reveals a much
richer identity than the stereotype suggests.
The spectacular Qu'Appelle River Valley
cuts across the level plain with deep glacial
creases running down to the river, while a
venture through Saskatchewan's two major
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