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  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Organizer Judy-Ann Chabun, in charge of the festival's decor in 2011, cuddles one of the chicks in the children's area. Children's exhibits highlighted the theme of the 2011 festival: "Birds, Blooms and Pysanky – Spring Has Arrived".
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers perform "Spring Arrives", specially composed and choreographed for Vesna, and performed for the first time this year (2011).
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Organizer Judy-Ann Chabun, in charge of the festival's decor in 2011, cuddles one of the chicks in the children's area. Children's exhibits highlighted the theme of the 2011 festival: "Birds, Blooms and Pysanky – Spring Has Arrived".
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Organizer Judy-Ann Chabun, in charge of the festival's decor in 2011, cuddles one of the chicks in the children's area. Children's exhibits highlighted the theme of the 2011 festival: "Birds, Blooms and Pysanky – Spring Has Arrived".
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers perform "Spring Arrives", specially composed and choreographed for Vesna, and performed for the first time this year (2011).
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers perform "Spring Arrives", specially composed and choreographed for Vesna, and performed for the first time this year (2011).
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers perform "Spring Arrives", specially composed and choreographed for Vesna, and performed for the first time this year (2011).
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, "created in 1960 with the goal of preserving, interpreting and expressing historical and contemporary Ukrainian cultural values for public enjoyment through technical and artistic excellence in the art form of dance", performs at Vesna Festival in 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, "created in 1960 with the goal of preserving, interpreting and expressing historical and contemporary Ukrainian cultural values for public enjoyment through technical and artistic excellence in the art form of dance", performs at Vesna Festival in 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Don and Anita Slobodzian sit beneath a large Vesna poster at TCU place, while taking a break from their volunteer work at the front desk of the festival. "There's a very strong Ukrainian community here," Don says.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Matryoshka dolls on display at the exhibit of Svetlana and Yuri Evemenko, owners of "Ukrainian Colors" in Edmonton, Alberta, in the Vesna Boutique craft and arts sales area.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, "created in 1960 with the goal of preserving, interpreting and expressing historical and contemporary Ukrainian cultural values for public enjoyment through technical and artistic excellence in the art form of dance", performs at Vesna Festival in 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, "created in 1960 with the goal of preserving, interpreting and expressing historical and contemporary Ukrainian cultural values for public enjoyment through technical and artistic excellence in the art form of dance", performs at Vesna Festival in 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Young dancers with Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, a dynamic Ukrainian dance company based in Saskatoon, watch their colleagues while waiting their turn to perform on the Vesna dance floor.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancing at Vesna, as the evening winds down in the wee hours of the morning.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Five-member, Saskatoon-based Tyt i Tam performs between cultural showcase performances.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers (possibly Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble) pose for a group portrait in the stairwell following a performance at Vesna 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. "Psyanky by Daena", Calgary Psyanky artist Daena Diduck demonstrates the tradition of painstakingly dying layers of colour to create the Psyanka, Ukrainian Easter egg, in the Cultural Room at Vesna Festival 2011. The Cultural Room highlights a different tradition, showcasing a different artist, each year. Exhibits provide an opportuntity to raise the profile of artists and craftspeople, especially those who are not yet widely known.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. "Psyanky by Daena", Calgary Psyanky artist Daena Diduck demonstrates the tradition of painstakingly dying layers of colour to create the Psyanka, Ukrainian Easter egg, in the Cultural Room at Vesna Festival 2011. The Cultural Room highlights a different tradition, showcasing a different artist, each year. Exhibits provide an opportuntity to raise the profile of artists and craftspeople, especially those who are not yet widely known.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, "created in 1960 with the goal of preserving, interpreting and expressing historical and contemporary Ukrainian cultural values for public enjoyment through technical and artistic excellence in the art form of dance", performs at Vesna Festival in 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Svetlana Evemenko shows of a handful of colourful psyanky, dyed Easter eggs, at the exhibit that she and husband Yuri have set up in the Vesna Boutique craft and arts sales area. The couple operates "Ukrainian Colors" in Edmonton, Alberta.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Bernie Pidskalny volunteers as a Kozak at Vesna. The Kozakia were citizen soldiers who protected the Ukraine, Bernie says. "'Kozak' means 'free people'," he says.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Bernie Pidskalny volunteers as a Kozak at Vesna. The Kozakia were citizen soldiers who protected the Ukraine, Bernie says. "'Kozak' means 'free people'," he says.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Young dancers with Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, a dynamic Ukrainian dance company based in Saskatoon, watch their colleagues while waiting their turn to perform on the Vesna dance floor.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Young dancers with Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, a dynamic Ukrainian dance company based in Saskatoon, watch their colleagues while waiting their turn to perform on the Vesna dance floor.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Young dancers with Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, a dynamic Ukrainian dance company based in Saskatoon, watch their colleagues while waiting their turn to perform on the Vesna dance floor.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Don and Anita Slobodzian sit beneath a large Vesna poster at TCU place, while taking a break from their volunteer work at the front desk of the festival. "There's a very strong Ukrainian community here," Don says.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Matryoshka dolls on display at the exhibit of Svetlana and Yuri Evemenko, owners of "Ukrainian Colors" in Edmonton, Alberta, in the Vesna Boutique craft and arts sales area.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancing at Vesna, as the evening winds down in the wee hours of the morning.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancing at Vesna, as the evening winds down in the wee hours of the morning.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers (possibly Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble) pose for a group portrait in the stairwell following a performance at Vesna 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Dancers (possibly Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble) pose for a group portrait in the stairwell following a performance at Vesna 2011.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. "Psyanky by Daena", Calgary Psyanky artist Daena Diduck demonstrates the tradition of painstakingly dying layers of colour to create the Psyanka, Ukrainian Easter egg, in the Cultural Room at Vesna Festival 2011. The Cultural Room highlights a different tradition, showcasing a different artist, each year. Exhibits provide an opportuntity to raise the profile of artists and craftspeople, especially those who are not yet widely known.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Svetlana Evemenko shows of a handful of colourful psyanky, dyed Easter eggs, at the exhibit that she and husband Yuri have set up in the Vesna Boutique craft and arts sales area. The couple operates "Ukrainian Colors" in Edmonton, Alberta.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Young dancers with Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, a dynamic Ukrainian dance company based in Saskatoon, watch their colleagues while waiting their turn to perform on the Vesna dance floor.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals. Young dancers with Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, a dynamic Ukrainian dance company based in Saskatoon, watch their colleagues while waiting their turn to perform on the Vesna dance floor.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Vesna, A Celebration of Spring. Vesna Festival is one of Canada's largest and longest running Ukrainian cultural festivals.
    Vesna Ukrainian festival2011-05-101-...tif
  • Saskatoon skyline under a summertime full moon. This image makes outstanding wall decor as a metal print.
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  • Saskatoon skyline under a springtime full moon.
    Saskatoon downtown skyline 2011-05-0...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Saskatchewan Railway Museum. The museum has three flatcars, one shown here: Canadian National 57519, built 1912, acquired in 1992; Canadian National 59039, built 1918, acquired in 1992; Canadian Pacific 420833, built 1929, acquired in 2002. Two of the museum's four cabooses are shown: Canadian National #78687, wooden caboose originally built as a boxcar for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1912, converted to a caboose in 1949 in the Canadian National shops in Moncton, New Brunswick, one of the museum's first acquisitions about 1989; Canadian National #79282, steel caboose built in 1967, donated to the museum in early 1990s; Canadian Pacific #434102, steel caboose was built in Montreal in 1954, retrieved from scrap in 1991 and moved to the museum in 1992; Canadian Pacific #434044, built in 1949, one of the first all-steel cabooses built in Canada, retrieved from scrap in 1991 and moved to the museum in the spring of 1992.
    Saskatchewan Railway Museum 2012-05-...jpg
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.<br />
<br />
This view is exactly opposite the bridge, in St. Louis. The railway line would have continued in this direction, over a trestle where this pedestrian bridge now stands.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Village Perk Cafe, Manitou Beach, early spring
    Manitou-Beach-springtime_2013-05-001...jpg
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Construction of the historic St. Louis bridge began in 1912 as a railway bridge over the South Sasktchewan River for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later becoming part of Canadian National), completed in April, 1915. In 1929 (according to provincial engineering report; Heritage Saskatchewan engineering report says 1928), a roadway "wing" was attached to each side of the bridge to accommodate automobile traffic travelling along Highway 2. Canadian National abandoned the rail line in 1983 and subsequently removed the track. The Saskatchewan provincial government announced in 2009 that the bridge would be replaced with a modern highway bridge crossing approximately 1.6 km east of the historic bridge, at an estimated cost of $30 million. Construction of the new bridge began in the spring of 2011, with the expectation that the bridge would be open to traffic by late 2012. However, delays in the delivery of steel girders stalled the project's estimated completion to the fall of 2013. The Saskatchewan department of highways states that the former bridge has reached the end of its lifespan as a result of corrosion and wear. Heritage Saskatchewan describes the original bridge as having historical and engineering significance.
    Historic St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Gr...jpg
  • Cypress Hills Vineyard and Winery.<br />
<br />
We tried the following wines:<br />
Rhubarb;<br />
Sour Cherry, available at the LCB, serve chilled;<br />
Spring, serve chilled, very sweet;<br />
Mead, sweet, serve chilled;<br />
Chinook 2010;<br />
Black Currant and Honey, available at the LCB.
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