Regina, Saskatchewan rises dramatically out of the prairie landscape, its
skyline shimmering on the ruler-flat plains' horizon for miles as you approach.
The city's more than three hundred thousand hand-planted trees provide a welcome
oasis in bloom amid miles of flat, fertile agricultural land. There is
more parkland and green space per person in Regina than in any other major
Canadian city. Regina offers both a friendly, small town ambiance and a
cosmopolitan flair. Its climate may be chilly in winter but its welcome is warm
in any season.
Since 1905 when Saskatchewan became a province, this beautiful capital city has
grown steadily and is an agricultural and administrative hub as well as a centre
for a booming oil industry. Originally
named Pile of Bones because of the huge piles of buffalo bones left in
the area by First Nations hunters, the community was renamed Regina after then
Queen Victoria. It has been the Queen City ever since and offers some
pleasant surprises for travellers like the legendary downtown Radisson Plaza
Hotel Saskatchewan, a Victorian hotel with old world charm and tradition
sporting antique furnishings but up-to-the-minute convenience and the Casino
Regina entertainment center located in an historic train station. MORE
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The economy of Regina and it
surrounding region has grown strong and diversified. Though agriculture remains
a foundation industry, oil, potash, finance, telecommunications, natural gas,
film, steel pipe production and technology are increasingly viable. An oil
refinery takes Saskatchewan's heavy crude and turns it into gasoline and other
petro-chemical products.
In the heart of downtown is the City Centre, home of such buildings as
municipal government and provincial offices and the public library. The library
contains the Prairie History Room, which documents local history, and the Dunlop
Art Gallery, which displays works by regional artists. The Gallery on the Roof,
in the Saskatchewan Power Building, is a popular spot to visit with its changing
art exhibits.
More of Regina's attractions are contained in Wascana Centre, the city's
exquisite 2,300 acre urban park. There you'll find the interesting 1910
legislative building; the almost rococo structure makes use of unusual
renaissance-influenced elements and intricate relief carving on its fa?ade.
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is also in Wascana Centre. It includes the First
Nation's Gallery, documenting the history and culture of First Nation's peoples
in Saskatchewan and includes the art of many Saskatchewan artists. The museum's
Earth Sciences Gallery contains dioramas that depict the environmental changes
that have taken place with the passage of time.
Another Wascana attraction is the Saskatchewan Science Centre, boasting an IMAX
theater and the Powerhouse of Discovery, a major exhibit which incorporates
interactive exhibits and a live stage show. A recent addition to the Science
Centre is the interactive Olympic Challenge Exhibit where participants can
experience Olympic sports like Nordic skiing and bobsledding. The exhibit also
offers a 60 foot climbing wall.
Nearby there's horse racing at Queensbury Downs, harness racing at Exhibition
Park and CFL football played at Taylor Field by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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