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Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

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on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway

Trans-Canada Highway

The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...

, 77 kilometres (47.8 mi) west of Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. It is best known as a retirement and tourist city that serves as a hub to the hundreds of small towns and farms in the surrounding region of Saskatchewan. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161

Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan

Moose Jaw No. 161 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the southern part of the province west of Regina in SARM Division No...

.

Marked on a map as Moose Jaw Bone Creek in an 1857 survey by surveyor John Palliser

John Palliser

John Palliser was an Irish-born geographer and explorer. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was the son of Colonel Wray Palliser and a brother of Major Sir William Palliser , all descendants of Dr William Palliser, Archbishop of Cashel .From 1839 to 1863, Palliser served in the Waterford Militia,...

, there are two theories as to how the city got its name. The first one is that it comes from the Plains Cree

Cree language

Cree is an Algonquian language spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador, making it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. It is also spoken in the U.S. state of Montana...

name moscâstani-sîpiy meaning "a warm place by the river", indicative of the protection from the weather that the Coteau range provides to the river valley containing the city and also the Plains Cree

Cree language

word Moose Gaw meaning warm breezes. The other is that on the map of the city the Moose Jaw river is shaped like a moose

Moose

The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration...

's jaw.

Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and an important railway junction for the area's agricultural produce. It is known for its giant historical murals on the exterior walls of buildings in its business district, and its tunnels were used for rum-running during Prohibition

Prohibition

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. CFB Moose Jaw

CFB Moose Jaw

Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , commonly referred to as 15 Wing Moose Jaw and CFB Moose Jaw, is a Canadian Forces Base located south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan...

is a NATO flight training school, and which is home to the Snowbirds

Snowbirds

Officially known as the Royal Canadian Air Force's 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, the Snowbirds are Canada's military aerobatics or air show flight demonstration team whose purpose is to "demonstrate the skill, professionalism, and teamwork of Canadian Forces personnel". The squadron is based at...

, Canada's military aerobatics or air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a casino

Casino Moose Jaw

Casino Moose Jaw is located in downtown Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, owned and operated by Sask Gaming. The government of Saskatchewan announced the construction of the $13 million dollar facility on July 26, 2001. It was opened on September 6, 2002....

and geothermal spa

Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort

The Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort is a 4 star , hotel located in downtown Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The resort features a roof top indoor/outdoor mineral pools, and is connected to Casino Moose Jaw. In 1910, drillers looking for oil hit the hot springs that service the hotel, remains...

History

The intersection of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek was chosen and registered in 1881 as a site for a division point for the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

, whose construction was significant in Confederation of Canada. The water supply there was significant for steam locomotives. Settlement began there in 1882 and the city was incorporated in 1903. The railways played an important role in the early development of Moose Jaw, with the city having both a Canadian Pacific Railway Station

Moose Jaw Canadian Pacific Railway Station

The Moose Jaw Canadian Pacific Railway Station is a disused station that was designed by Hugh G. Jones and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1920-1922. The station comprises a two story waiting area, four story office block and six-storey Tyndall stone clock tower...

and a Canadian National Railway Station

Moose Jaw Canadian National Railway Station

The Moose Jaw Canadian National Railway Station is a disused station that was designed by John Schoefield and built by the Canadian National Railway in 1919. The two station station makes use of Claybank bricks, tyndal stone. The building was designated a historic railway station in 1992....

. A dam was built on the river in 1883 to create a year round water supply.

Economy

Moose Jaw is a city of around 32,000 at the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway

Saskatchewan Highway 1

Highway 1 is the Saskatchewan section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainland route. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan is . The highway traverses Saskatchewan from the western border with Alberta, from Highway 1, to Manitoba where it continues as Highway 1, PTH 1. The...

and Highway 2

Saskatchewan Highway 2

Highway 2 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the longest Saskatchewan Highway, at 809 km . The highway is partially divided and undivided. However, only about near Moose Jaw, near Chamberlain, and near Prince Albert are divided highway...

. Capone's Car, Moose Family and Mac the Moose are all large roadside attractions of Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw Trolley Company (1912) is still offering trolley tours of Moose Jaw. Temple Garden's Mineral Spa, Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and History of Transportation Western Development Museum

Saskatchewan Western Development Museum

The Saskatchewan Western Development Museum is a network of four museums in Saskatchewan, Canada preserving and recording the social and economic development of the province. The museum has branches in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Yorkton. Respectively, each branch focuses on a...

. are major sites of interest of this city. The juncture of Moose Jaw and Thunder Creek produced the best source of water for steam engines, and Moose Jaw became the CPR

Canadian Pacific Railway

divisional point. Large capacity concrete grain terminals are replacing the smaller grain elevators which were numerous along the highway, sentinels of most communities along the route. Improved technology for harvest, transport and road construction have made the large inland terminals more viable economically. The rural governing body around Moose Jaw is Moose Jaw No. 161

Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan

Moose Jaw No. 161 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the southern part of the province west of Regina in SARM Division No...

which serves 1,228 residents (2006 census) which includes the Moose Jaw, Canadian Forces Base. Meat-processing plants, salt, potash, urea fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia and ethanol producers abound in this area with easy transport access to the Trans–Canada Highway.

The Town 'N' Country Mall

Town 'N' Country Mall

Town 'N' Country Mall is the only enclosed shopping centre located in the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The mall consists of 30 stores and services archored by Zellers, Sears Canada, Galaxy Cinemas, Sport Chek, Dollarama, Winners and Peoples The Diamond Store.In the past Woolco occupied...

is the only indoor shopping centre located in Moose Jaw.

Many retailers and grocery stores operate in Moose Jaw. These include Co-Op (Canada), Safeway Inc.

Safeway Inc.

Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...

, Giant Tiger

Giant Tiger

Giant Tiger Stores Limited is Canada’s third-largest chain of discount stores . Following the 2006 acquisition of Zellers and its parent, the Hudson's Bay Company, by American entrepreneur Jerry Zucker, Giant Tiger became the largest Canadian-owned discount retailer...

, Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...

, Real Canadian Superstore

Real Canadian Superstore

Real Canadian Superstore is a chain of hypermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to RCSS or Superstore....

, Sobeys

Sobeys

Sobeys is the second largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,300 supermarkets operating under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales of more than $14 billion CAD in 2009...

, Wal-Mart Canada

Wal-Mart Canada

Wal-Mart Canada Corp. is the Canadian unit of Walmart and was founded in 1994 in Mississauga, Ontario with the purchase of the Canadian Woolco stores from Woolworth Canada....

, Staples (Canada), The Brick

The Brick

The Brick Ltd. opened its first store in Edmonton, Alberta in 1971, and has grown to become one of Canada's largest volume retailers of furniture, mattresses, appliances and home electronics. The company was founded as The Brick Warehouse LP in Edmonton, Alberta with the first warehouse opening on...

, MKarr's Furniture, Peavey Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart

Shoppers Drug Mart

Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario....

, London Drugs

London Drugs

London Drugs is a chain of Canadian retail stores with headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia. Its primary focus is on pharmaceuticals, electronics, housewares and cosmetics, with a limited selection of grocery items...

, PartSource

PartSource

PartSource is an automotive parts retail store owned by Canadian Tire. It sells name brand automotive parts, specializing in commercial sales and sales to customers who work on their own vehicles....

, Mark's Work Warehouse, Liquidation World

Liquidation World

LW Stores, Inc. is a retailer that liquidates consumer merchandise through 94 outlets across Canada and three outlets in the United States. The retailer also provides store-closure sales management and solves asset recovery problems in a professional manner for the financial services industry,...

, Your Dollar Store With More

Your Dollar Store With More

Your Dollar Store With More is a Canadian chain of dollar stores.-History:The chain was founded in 1998 by Dave Uzelman and Russ Meszaros . At one time the chain had 174 locations in every province of Canada except Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, but now has 127 stores according to their...

, Dollar Giant

Dollar Giant

Dollar Giant is a chain of 85 dollar stores in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The company was founded in 2001. It is headquartered in Vancouver, and is Canada's fourth largest operator of dollar stores...

, Home Hardware

Home Hardware

Home Hardware is a privately held Canadian home improvement, construction materials, and furniture retailer. Co-founded in 1964 by Walter Hachborn and headquartered in St...

, Castle Building Centres Group and Westrum Lumber. The fourth Army & Navy Stores (Canada) store in Canada operated on Main Street from 1933 to 2000. Beaver Lumber

Beaver Lumber

Beaver Lumber was a Canadian building supply chain owned by Molson. It was once Canada's fourth largest building supply chain with 138 stores. In 2000 it was purchased by Home Hardware, a cooperative of over 1000 independent Canadian hardware stores...

had a location on High Street until the company was bought by Home Hardware and the store was converted to Castle Building Centre.

In 1917 a group of local residents banded together and purchased enough automobile parts to build 25 cars. These were to be manufactured under the name Moose Jaw Standard

Moose Jaw Standard

The Moose Jaw Standard was a Canadian automobile manufactured in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1917.Five local residents imported the parts to build 25 luxury cars from the United States; these were to be powered by Continental engines. Once each investor had a car, they gave up the concern when they...

. Each member of the group was able to receive a car, but no further buyers were found, and production did not continue.

CFB Moose Jaw

The area surrounding Moose Jaw has a high number of cloudless days, making it a good site for training pilots. The Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Canadian Air Force

The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...

under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan , known in some countries as the Empire Air Training Scheme , was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the Second World War...

established RCAF Station Moose Jaw in 1940. Following the war, the RCAF remained in the community and used the facility for training pilots through the Cold War

Cold War

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. The facility changed its name to CFB Moose Jaw in 1968 and it is currently Canada's primary military flight training centre and the home of 431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron

Snowbirds

(aka the "Snowbirds").

CFB Moose Jaw's primary lodger unit is "15 Wing." In the Canadian Forces Air Command

Canadian Forces Air Command

The Royal Canadian Air Force , formerly Canadian Forces Air Command, is one of three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...

, the lodger unit is frequently referred to as 15 Wing Moose Jaw. The base usually holds an Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Day

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each year.

Climate

Moose Jaw's climate is transitional between semi-arid and humid continental

Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters....

(Köppen

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

BSk and Dfb, respectively) Moose Jaw's winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short, but very warm and relatively wet. The coldest month is January with a mean temperature of -13.7°C, while the warmest is July, with a mean temperature of 19.4°C. The driest month is February, in which an average of 13mm of precipitation

Precipitation (meteorology)

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falls, while the wettest month is June, which brings an average of 60mm. Annual average precipitation is a rather scant 365mm.

Royal presence

Moose Jaw has had many members of the British Royal Family visit the city. Edward, Prince of Wales, who owned a ranch in Alberta, visited in 1919, 1924, and 1927. Prince George, future king and father of Queen Elizabeth II, paid a visit in 1926. King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

(later known as Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother) visited during the Royal tour in 1939. Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959, and has come to the city a few times since.

The Earl of Wessex

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh...

(Prince Edward) became Colonel-in-Chief of the Saskatchewan Dragoons

Saskatchewan Dragoons

The Saskatchewan Dragoons is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces. The unit is based in Moose Jaw. Their primary job is to assist the Regular Force in meeting Canada's military commitments. Their training and equipment closely follow that of the Regular Force, which the...

of Moose Jaw on visiting Saskatchewan in 2003, when he congratulated the regiment on its "contribution to Canada's proud tradition of citizen-soldiers in the community." Involved in peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Croatia, the regiment has also provided aid during floods and forest fires in the prairies. The Prince returned to visit his regiment in 2006.

The Earl of Wessex also inaugurated the Queen's Jubilee Rose Garden in Moose Jaw on his visit in 2003. Other Royal connections to the city include King George School and Prince Arthur Community School, both named for members of the Royal Family. Before it shut down and became the separate Cornerstone (born again) Christian School, the South Hill school was formerly named King Edward Elementary School.

Sports teams

Like most Canadian cities, hockey

Ice hockey

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has played a large part of Moose Jaw's sporting culture, yet baseball has also been an important part of Moose Jaw since its first days as the city won territorial championships in 1895. Most recently, the 2004 Junior All-Star team (age 13/14) won the Canadian Championship and became the first team from Saskatchewan to win a game at the Little League World Series

Little League World Series

The Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...

.

Notable sports teams of Moose Jaw include:

Moose Jaw Warriors
Moose Jaw Warriors
The Moose Jaw Warriors are a major junior ice hockey team of the Western Hockey League which are based out of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The team plays its home games at Mosaic Place. The franchise moved to Moose Jaw from Winnipeg after the 1983–84 season, where they had previously been named the...

, Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...

team
Moose Jaw Miller Express, Western Major Baseball League
Western Major Baseball League
The Western Major Baseball League or WMBL is a collegiate summer baseball league. The league can trace its roots back to 1948, as it has gone by many names over the years, including the Alberta-Saskatchewan Baseball league, Western Canadian Baseball League and Saskatchewan Baseball League before...

team
Moose Jaw Mustangs, Prairie Gold Lacrosse League
Prairie Gold Lacrosse League
The Prairie Gold Lacrosse League, formally known as the Saskatchewan Major Box Lacrosse League, is a Junior B box lacrosse league in Saskatchewan, Canada.- Teams :As of 2010SeasonJunior DivisionRegina Riot,Regina Rifles,Moose Jaw Mustangs,...

team
Moose Jaw Rotary Track Club, Track and Field and cross country
Cross country running
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club
Moose Jaw Meteorites, Quidditch
Quidditch
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team
Lil Chicago Roller Derby's Moose Jaw Jaw Breakers - Women's Flat Track Roller Derby

Defunct sports teams

Moose Jaw Robin Hoods, senior hockey team and Western Canada League baseball team (1909–21)
Moose Jaw Maple Leafs, senior hockey team (1919–1923)
Moose Jaw Maroons
Moose Jaw Maroons
The Moose Jaw Maroons were a minor-league ice hockey team in the Prairie Hockey League. Based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, they existed from 1926-28...

, Prairie Hockey League
Prairie Hockey League
The Prairie Hockey League was a Canadian professional ice hockey league in Alberta and Saskatchewan that was created following the demise of the Western Hockey League in 1926. It operated for two seasons....

team (1926–28)
Moose Jaw Canucks
Moose Jaw Canucks
The Moose Jaw Canucks were a junior ice hockey team based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. They were one of the founding members of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League in 1966 following a rebellion within the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League...

, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years of age or younger, the SJHL's 12 teams play in two divisions: the Bauer and Sherwood conferences...

team (1935–1984)
Moose Jaw Generals, senior hockey team, winner of the Hardy Cup
Hardy Cup
The W. G. Hardy Trophy, more commonly referred to as the Hardy Cup, was the Canadian national Intermediate "A" ice hockey championship from 1967 until 1984. From 1985 until 1990, the Hardy Cup was the Canadian national senior championship for Senior "AA" after senior and intermediate hockey were...

in 1985
Moose Jaw Diamond Dogs, Prairie League
Prairie League
The Prairie League was an independent league of baseball which was based in the prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The league was original in its naming by choosing not to resurrect a name previously used by a...

baseball team (1995–1997)

Media

Moose Jaw Times-Herald, local daily newspaper
Moose Jaw Forum, a popular local news commentary and forum

Radio

800 AM — CHAB
CHAB (AM)
CHAB is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, it serves south-central Saskatchewan. It first began broadcasting in 1922 at 1200 kHz as 10AB , before moving to 1220 kHz in 1941 and to its current dial position in 1946. The station is currently...

, oldies (800 CHAB), Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting is a Canadian radio broadcasting company based in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. It currently owns and operates a number of radio stations in the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba....
100.7 FM — CILG-FM
CILG-FM
CILG-FM is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, it serves south-central Saskatchewan. It first began broadcasting in 2002. The station is currently owned by Golden West Broadcasting...

, country music (Country 100), Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting is a Canadian radio broadcasting company based in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. It currently owns and operates a number of radio stations in the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba....
103.9 FM — CJAW-FM
CJAW-FM
CJAW-FM is a Canadian radio station that operates at 103.9 FM in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan as Mix 103. The station is owned by Golden West Broadcasting. All three Golden West Broadcasting stations in Moose Jaw share studios at 1704 Main Street North....

, adult contemporary (Mix 103), Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting is a Canadian radio broadcasting company based in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. It currently owns and operates a number of radio stations in the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba....

Television

Channel 4 - CBKT-1
CBKT
CBKT-DT is the CBC's television station in Regina, Saskatchewan. It is located in the CBC Regina Broadcast Centre at 2440 Broad Street in downtown Regina, alongside CBK-AM-FM....

, CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

Regina Station
Channel 7 - CKMJ
CKCK-TV
CKCK-DT, VHF channel 8 , is a CTV owned and operated television station based in Regina, Saskatchewan. Originally signing on in 1954, CKCK was the first privately owned television station in Western Canada.-History:...

, CTV
CTV television network
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Regina Station
Channel 11 - CFRE
CFRE-TV
CFRE-DT is a television station which broadcasts from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of the Global Television Network.-History:The station was launched on September 6, 1987 by Canwest...

, Global
Global Television Network
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Regina Station

Notable residents

Benjamin deForest (Pat) Bayly, World War II cypher
Encryption
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engineer, former Mayor
Mayor
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of Ajax, Ontario
Ajax, Ontario
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Randy Black
Randy Black
Randy Black is a Canadian-born rock drummer and recording artist known best for his stints as the drummer for Bif Naked, Annihilator, and Primal Fear...

, drummer for Primal Fear
Primal Fear (band)
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Mike Blaisdell
Mike Blaisdell
Michael Walter "Wally" Blaisdell is a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played in the NHL and later in the BHL. He was the 1st round draft pick in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft of the Detroit Red Wings...

, former National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

player
Ray Boughen
Ray Boughen
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, former mayor, current Member of Parliament
Canadian House of Commons
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for the riding of Palliser
Palliser (Saskatchewan electoral district)
Palliser is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.It is named in honour of John Palliser, a geographer and explorer of the Canadian west.-Geography:...
Lorne Calvert
Lorne Calvert
Lorne Albert Calvert, MLA was the 13th Premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert, was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2001 to June 6, 2009, when he was succeeded by Dwain Lingenfelter.In 1975, Calvert married Betty Sluzalo of Perdue, Saskatchewan. After attending...

, Premier
Premier (Canada)
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of Saskatchewan (2001–2007)
Cory Churko, currently with Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
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's touring band as a guitarist/violinist and backup vocalist. Has also toured with Shania Twain
Shania Twain
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, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
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, Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
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)
Reggie Cleveland
Reggie Cleveland
Reginald Leslie "Reggie" Cleveland is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.Cleveland was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers. He ended his career with 105 wins, with a 3.73 ERA and 930 strikeouts. Reggie...

, World Series
World Series
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-starting baseball pitcher
Pitcher
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Sylvio Paul Cloutier, portrait and landscape artist
Robert Currie, Poet Laureate
Poet Laureate
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of Saskatchewan
Bill Davies, former MLA
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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for Moose Jaw, member of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
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Tyler G. Dash, Well known archaeologist, who was responsible for the major discovery of early Anglo-Saxon jewelry assemblages at Bishopstone, East Sussex, England.
Phyllis Dewar
Phyllis Dewar
Phyllis Dewar was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.She was born in Moose Jaw and died in Toronto....

, Olympic
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

swimmer
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
Ken Doraty
Ken Doraty
Kenneth Edward Doraty was a professional ice hockey player born in Stittsville, Ontario.Most of his career was played in the minor leagues, although he did play 105 National Hockey League games, with all but two of those games being for the Toronto Maple Leafs.On April 3, 1933, in the fifth game...

, former National Hockey League player
Brent Everett
Brent Everett
Brent Everett is a Canadian gay pornographic actor and director. Since 2003, he has appeared in over 14 pornographic films for a variety of studios in the United States.-Biography:...

, award winning gay porn actor and ardent Multi-Plex supporter
Emile Francis
Emile Francis
Emile "The Cat" Francis is a former player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably with the New York Rangers....

, former National Hockey League player and coach
Lisa Franks, Paralympic
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...

athlete
Clark Gillies
Clark Gillies
Clark "Jethro" Gillies is a retired professional ice hockey player. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He provided both physical presence and offensive punch for the NHL's New York Islanders during their four-year run as Stanley Cup champions. In a career that spanned 958 games, Gillies...

, former National Hockey League player
Vaughan Grayson, author
Peter Gzowski
Peter Gzowski
Peter Gzowski, was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. His first biographer argued that Gzowski's contribution to Canadian media must be considered in the context of efforts by a generation of Canadian nationalists to understand...

resided in Moose Jaw in 1957, was city editor of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald and here met his first wife, Jennie Lissaman, from Brandon, Manitoba, with whom he had five children. He returned to Moose Jaw to host his last episode of "Morningside" from the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort.
Gary Hyland, poet
John Kern
John Kern (Canadian politician)
John Kern from Moose Jaw was the leader of the Green Party of Saskatchewan. He was elected May 27, 2006, and after his resignation due to personal circumstances was succeeded by Sandra Finley of Saskatoon on Oct 14, 2006....

, former Green Party of Saskatchewan
Green Party of Saskatchewan
The Green Party of Saskatchewan is a left-leaning Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It was founded in 1998 as the New Green Alliance by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right...

leader
Joy Kogawa
Joy Kogawa
Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.-Life:Born Joy Nozomi Nakayama in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was sent with her family to the internment camp for Japanese Canadians at Slocan during World War II...

, author and poet
Joel Jordison, curler
Art Linkletter
Art Linkletter
Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio-TV for 19 years...

, radio and television host of Art Linkletter's House Party
Art Linkletter's House Party
House Party is an American radio daytime variety/talk show that aired on CBS Radio and on ABC Radio from January 15, 1945 to October 13, 1967...
Reed Low
Reed Low
Reed Low is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who last played in the NHL for the Chicago Blackhawks organization. Low was known primarily for his role as an enforcer. Low twice accumulated over 50 penalty minutes in a single game .Reed and his wife, Dena, have one son, Connor...

, former National Hockey League player
Bud McCaig
Bud McCaig
John Robert McCaig was a Canadian businessman and a co-owner of the Calgary Flames NHL franchise.Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, McCaig dropped out of high school to become a truck driver, following in the footsteps of his father, John W...

, co-owner of the Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...
Mike Mintenko
Mike Mintenko
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, Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

swimmer
David Mitchell
David Mitchell (lacrosse)
David Mitchell is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League.-College career:Mitchell is a graduate of Cornell University...

, National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
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player
Ken Mitchell, author, member of the Order of Canada
Scott Munroe
Scott Munroe
Scott Munroe is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League .-Playing career:...

, American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

player
Fergie Olver
Fergie Olver
Fergie Olver is a Canadian game show host and sportscaster. He is best known for co-hosting the 1980s children's game show Just Like Mom, and his work as a broadcaster and dugout reporter for the Toronto Blue Jays...

, Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
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broadcaster
Jack Reddick, Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion boxer
Chico Resch
Chico Resch
Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and television sportscaster. Resch played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1973 to 1986, winning one Stanley Cup with the New York Islanders in 1980...

, former National Hockey League goalie
Joanne Ogilvie, Philanthropist
Jordo Shiels - artist(painter)
Arthur Slade
Arthur Slade
Arthur Gregory Slade is a Canadian author. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was raised on a ranch in the Cypress Hills and began writing in high school. He attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and received an English Honours degree in 1989. His first short story was...

, Governor General's Award
Governor General's Award
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-winning author
Doug Smail
Doug Smail
Douglas Dean Smail is a retired professional ice hockey left winger who played in the NHL for thirteen seasons from 1980 through 1993.-Playing career:...

, former National Hockey League player
Ross Thatcher, former Premier Province of Saskatchewan (1964–1971).
J.G. Ballard, English novelist and short story writer.
Ken MacTavish Drummer -Cool Dork Band

Tyler Weiss, founder of Goldtooth Creative Agency Inc

Arts and culture

Museums

Moose Jaw is home to one of four Western Development Museums

Saskatchewan Western Development Museum

which specializes in history of transportation and has a Snowbirds

Snowbirds

gallery. The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum

Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum

The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum has many displays of life on the Prairies including many historic buildings that have been moved from surrounding communities, set up to mimic that of a small Farming Town from the early 1900s to 1930s...

is located south of Moose Jaw on Sk Hwy 2

Saskatchewan Highway 2

. The car club at Moose Jaw agreed to the restoration of Tom Sukanen's ship at their museum site. Tom Sukanen was a Finnish homesteader who settled near Birsay

Birsay, Saskatchewan

Birsay, Saskatchewan is a hamlet in the middle of southern Saskatchewan, Canada, just down the highway from a village called Lucky Lake. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Coteau No. 255....

who hoped to travel home again on his ship he assembled near the South Saskatchewan River

South Saskatchewan River

The South Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada that flows through the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan....

. The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum features a typical village replete with pioneer artifacts and tractors, cars and trucks restored by the Moose Jaw car club, and is run by volunteers.

Attractions

Tourist attractions include the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, The Moose Jaw Trolley, the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort

Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort

, Captain Jacks River Boat Tour, The Western Development Museum, Casino Moose Jaw

Casino Moose Jaw

and the Murals of Moose Jaw. Every July the Saskatchewan Festival of Words

Saskatchewan Festival of Words

The Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. is a registered non-profit organization based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Established in 1996, it promotes literacy and celebrates in various forms the imaginative use of words, written or oral, by Canadians...

takes place over a four-day period showcasing top Canadian writers in a wide variety of genres. The Snowbirds

Snowbirds

flight demonstration team is based at CFB Moose Jaw

CFB Moose Jaw

Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , commonly referred to as 15 Wing Moose Jaw and CFB Moose Jaw, is a Canadian Forces Base located south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan...

, south of Moose Jaw in Bushell Park

Bushell Park, Saskatchewan

Bushell Park is a hamlet in Saskatchewan. It is located 5 km south of Moose Jaw and is home to CFB Moose Jaw a.k.a 15 Wing, Moose Jaw, where the Snowbirds flight demonstration team is based. The Moose Jaw airshow is performed from the base. There is a scout camp 2km to the east, which is often used...

, where the now defunct airshow

Airshow

An air show is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators in aerobatics. Air shows without aerobatic displays, having only aircraft displayed parked on the ground, are called "static air shows"....

was performed from every summer.

There are many parks in Moose Jaw. Crescent Park is located downtown and features a creek, picnic tables, library, art museum, playground, outdoor swimming pool, water park

Water park

A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...

, gymnasium, tennis court, lawn bowling field and an amphitheatre

Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre is an open-air venue used for entertainment and performances.There are two similar, but distinct, types of structure for which the word "amphitheatre" is used: Ancient Roman amphitheatres were large central performance spaces surrounded by ascending seating, and were commonly used...

. Casino Moose Jaw and Temple Gardens Mineral Spa are located across Fairford St. E. and 1st Ave. NE. from Crescent Park. "Wakamow Park" follows the Moose Jaw River and features both natural and maintained areas. There are many trails throughout the park for hiking and cycling as well as picnic tables, barbecues, a burger restaurant and two playgrounds. There is also an RV park

RV park

A recreational vehicle park or caravan park is a place where people with recreational vehicles can stay overnight, or longer, in alloted spaces known as "pitches"...

, known as River Park Campground, which was founded in 1927 and is the longest running campground in North America. Canoe and kayak rentals are available across the road from the campground.

Old Wives Lake

Old Wives Lake

Old Wives Lake is a shallow saline lake in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 30 km southwest of Moose Jaw. The lake is fed by the Wood River but seasonal water relatively flattened the terrain, and as such results in significant mudflats. A Migratory Bird Sanctuary was established at the...

, a saline lake is located 30 km southwest of the city on Highway 363

Saskatchewan Highway 363

Highway 363 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 4 to Highway 2 in Moose Jaw. Highway 363 is about 203 km long....

. Buffalo Pound Lake

Buffalo Pound Lake

Buffalo Pound Lake is a eutrophic prairie lake in Saskatchewan, Canada, formed from glaciation about 10,000 years ago, on the Qu'Appelle River approximately 28 km north of Moose Jaw, 11 km east of Tuxford and 3 km north of Sun Valley...

a eutrophic prairie lake

Prairie lake

A prairie lake is a somewhat shallow lake that will empty naturally during dry periods allowing a variety of land plants to flourish in the rich nutrients on the lake bottom. The lakes eventually fill up with water returning to their previous state. In northern Florida, a Flatwoods/Prairie Lake is...

is located 28 km north on Highway 2

Saskatchewan Highway 2

and is the city's water supply. Buffalo Pound Provincial Park

Buffalo Pound Provincial Park

Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is a Saskatchewan Provincial Park located in southern Saskatchewan about 25 km northeast of the city of Moose Jaw.The park centres around Buffalo Pound Lake, a prairie lake formed from glaciation about 10,000 years ago...

is on the south shore and can be accessed by Highway 202

Saskatchewan Highway 202

Highway 202 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 2 at Tuxford to Highway 301 near the Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. Highway 202 is about 11 km long.-External links:*...

and Highway 301

Saskatchewan Highway 301

Highway 301 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Highway 1-Highway 39 intersection near Pasqua to Highway 202 near Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. Highway 301 is about 24 km long....

Demographics

Census	Population
1901	1,558
1911	13,823
1921	19,285
1931	21,299
1941	20,496
1951	24,355
1961	33,206
1971	31,854
1981	33,941
1991	33,593
2001	32,131
2006	32,132

Moose Jaw's population grew to 32,132 according to the 2006 census, which showed virtually no increase from 2001.

Racial groups

93.7% Caucasian
Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
4.3% Aboriginal
Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Aboriginal peoples in Canada comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The descriptors "Indian" and "Eskimo" have fallen into disuse in Canada and are commonly considered pejorative....
0.69% Chinese
Chinese Canadian
Chinese Canadians are Canadians of Chinese descent. They constitute the second-largest visible minority group in Canada, after South Asian Canadians...
0.01% African Canadian

Education

Local institutions include 5 high schools (includes Central Collegiate

Central Collegiate

Central Collegiate is a high school in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. It has approximately 520 students and 40 staff and is currently one of the oldest operating public schools in Saskatchewan. Central originally opened its doors in 1909....

, etc), 15 elementary schools, and the 57-member Moose Jaw Fire Department

Moose Jaw Fire Department

The Moose Jaw Fire Department, founded in 1906, is a fifty-seven member fire brigade which provides fire suppression to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, and 15 Wing Moose Jaw, a military base just south of the city. They also have agreements with some rural communities around Moose Jaw.The fire...

. The Moose Jaw Police Service provide policing for the city and hold both municipal and provincial jurisdiction, and is in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...

. Moose Jaw is also home to the Palliser Campus of the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology is a diploma-granting college that has four campuses across Saskatchewan. More than 12,000 students are enrolled in its programs and has approximately 29,000 additional individual registrations....

(SIAST).

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History

Economy

CFB Moose Jaw

Climate

Royal presence

Sports teams

Media

Notable residents

Arts and culture

Museums

Attractions

Demographics

Racial groups

Education

See also

Further reading

External links