By Tonya K Davidson
Briarpatch Magazine
December 2008
As an Ontarian émigré living in Alberta, I have recently begun taking many cross-country road trips. While I formerly loved Saskatchewan for little more than the easy driving (120 kilometres per hour, cruise control, wind in proverbial hair), I have recently found myself looking forward to trips to Saskatchewan, rather than through Saskatchewan, for the province’s charming, always incongruous and consistently fascinating tourist destinations.
Along with the Roughriders and the “greatest Canadian,” Tommy Douglas, Saskatchewanians should also boast about their unique tourist gems which always take on a Saskatchewan flavour: intriguing, charming, unexpected. Recently, driving through Saskatchewan en route to Ontario, I visited what have become three of my favourite Saskatchewan places: downtown Moose Jaw, the Sukanen Ship Museum, and Rouleau. Wildly fanciful versions of the past and present prairies are offered at each of these three sites.
