Road map Carlyle city surrounding area (Saskatchewan, Canada)

Qu'Appelle Valley

Originating in Lake Diefenbaker, the Qu'Appelle River meanders  east to join the Assiniboine in Manitoba. At Fort Qu'Appelle, the river  enters a valley, some 140 m deep and 2.5 km wide, which eon-tains a  chain of sparkling lakes. For drivers traveling across the level  prairie, descending into this valley may come as a delightful surprise.  Two provincial parks-Echo Valley and Katepwa Point-invite visitors to  linger by the lakeshores. Near Abernethy, north of the valley,  Motherwell Homestead revives Saskatchewan farm life in the early 1900s.

Esterhazy [B7] This community sits on an immense potash  deposit, which stretches in a kilometer-deep band across central  Saskatchewan. Esterhazy has prospered since the local potash  mine-reputedly the world's largest of its kind-began operating in 1962.  Kaposvar Historic Site Museum, south of town, honors the Hungarian  colonists who settled here in 1886 under the auspices of Count Paul  Esterhazy.

Fort Qu'Appelle [A2]

Tucked away in the Qu'Appelle Valley, this town was born as a  Hudson's Bay Company post in 1864. The museum, adjoining a small  restored log building

from the original post, puts on show Native and pioneer  artifacts. Treaty Four Park marks the site of the 1874 signing of an  important treaty between the Cree, the Saulteaux, and British crown. In  September, this key event is recalled at Treaty No. 4 Gathering,  organized to focus on Native culture and issues.

Indian Head [C2] Born in 1882, the community takes its name  from a nearby range of hills. South of town, a tree nursery has been  supplying prairie farmers with seedlings for shel-terbelts since 1902.  Now part of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, its grounds  abound with flowers, trees, and shrubs suited to prairie growing  conditions.      

Visitors can picnic on the grounds, stroll along a  kilometer-long nature trail, or arrange tours here. At the east end of  town, the Dominion Experimental Farm welcomes picnickers, too. It has  been engaged in research since 1887, when it was the first site of its  kind in western Canada.   

Melville [A5] With some 5,000 inhabitants, Melville is  Saskatchewan's smallest center with city status. It began to grow when  chosen as a divisional point on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (now  Canadian National). The name of the city honors GTPR President Charles  Melville Hays, who went down with the Titanic in 1912. The Railway  Museum salutes Melville's rail connections.

Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site [B3] Farm life and  methods of the early 1900s is the theme of this site near Abernethy. The  homestead once belonged to William Motherwell, an Ontarian who settled  here in the early 1880s. Motherwell eventually became agriculture  minister in the Saskatchewan and federal governments. Just as in 1912,  the homestead is arranged in four distinct parts: a water reservoir, a  vegetable patch, an L-shaped barn, and Motherwell's 1896 stone dwelling,  furnished in Victorian style. The staff performs bygone tasks, or works  the fields with vintage farm gear. Visitors are invited to lend a  helping hand with the chores.

ATTRACTIONS      

ABERNETHY      

Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site

BROADVIEW

Broadview Museum Grasslands National Park (Visitors Centre) Perrault's Museum

ESTERHAZY

Kaposvar Historic Site Museum

FORT QU'APPELLE

Fort Qu'Appelle Museum Treaty Four Park

GRENFELL

Grenfell Museum

INDIAN HEAD

Dominion Experimental Farm Indian Head Museum PFRA Shelterbelt Centre

MELVILLE

Melville Heritage

Museum Railway Museum

MOOSOMIN

Jamieson Museum

ROCANVILLE

Rocanville and District Museum The world's largest oil can

WHITEWOOD

Old George Authentic      

Collectibles Whitewood Historical Museum