Watrous ˈwɑːtrəs is a small town in 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

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, approximately 100 km east of Saskatoon. Its economy is based on agriculture and tourism, due to its proximity to Manitou Beach

Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan

Manitou Beach is a resort village in Saskatchewan, Canada, located on the shores of Little Manitou Lake, approximately 100 km east of Saskatoon, and 5 km north of the town of Watrous. It is a tourist destination with a Mineral Spa, Danceland dance hall, a 9-hole golf course and a...

, home of the Mineral Spa and Danceland dance hall (known as the "Home of the World Famous Dance Floor Built on Horsehair"). Watrous was named after Frank Watrous Morse. The town has many restaurants, two schools, community college, bowling alley, RCMP detachment, banks, grocery stores, co-operatives, and motels.

Watrous is best known as the home for the transmitter of CBK

CBK (AM)

CBK is a Canadian clear-channel station, broadcasting the CBC Radio One network at 540 AM to most of southern Saskatchewan. The AM transmitter is located in Watrous, the city of licence, but the studios are in the CBC Regina Broadcast Centre, 2440 Broad Street in Regina. This facility also houses...

, CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...

's primary station in Saskatchewan. The transmitter was originally located at Watrous in 1939 in order to cover most of the Prairie Provinces with a strong nighttime signal (the station, then as now, is a 50,000-watt clear-channel station). It was also intended to serve most of the province's populated area, including 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...

 and Saskatoon, from one transmitter. While Watrous is the station's city of license

City of license

A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....

, its actual studios are located in Regina. The Watrous transmitter is still considered the station's primary signal, even though both of the larger urban areas are now served by separate FM rebroadcasters.

Transportation

Via Rail

VIA Rail

Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....

's The Canadian

The Canadian

The Canadian is a Canadian transcontinental passenger train originally operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1955 and 1978. It is currently operated as an Inter-city rail service by Via Rail Canada with service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario and Pacific Central Station in...

serves the former Watrous railway station

Watrous railway station

The Watrous railway station operated as a Canadian National Railway station in Watrous, Saskatchewan until the station building was torn down. The station site is now served by Via Rail's The Canadian three times per week as a flag stop, with 48 hour advance notice required..- External links :**...

 site as a flag stop three times per week (in each direction),

Attractions

The Jubilee Drive-In - The drive in theatre, open from the Victoria Day weekend, until October. The drive-in also hosts a weekly flea market on Sundays.

Anglican Stained Glass Window - The Anglican church on main street has a stained glass window that is over 500 years old. The window was originally in the Church of St. John the Baptist.

	North: Manitou Beach Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan Manitou Beach is a resort village in Saskatchewan, Canada, located on the shores of Little Manitou Lake, approximately 100 km east of Saskatoon, and 5 km north of the town of Watrous. It is a tourist destination with a Mineral Spa, Danceland dance hall, a 9-hole golf course and a...
West: Young	Watrous	East: Drake Drake, Saskatchewan Drake is a rural Saskatchewan village that lies just west of highway 20, approximately 11 KM south of its intersection with the Yellowhead Highway. It has a population of about 247 people....
	South: Simpson Simpson, Saskatchewan -Area statistics:*Lat 51°27′00″ N*Long 105°27′00″ W*Dominion Land Survey Section 3, Township 29, Range 25 West of the 2nd Meridian*Time zone UTC−6-Location:-External links:******-See also:...

External links

• Town of Watrous website
• http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/watrous.html Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan