July 2022
Vehicle:
2022 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-road
Notable locations:
Mosaic Stadium (home of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Rouleau, Saskatchewan (aka Dog River, Saskatchewan, home of Corner Gas)
Tunnels of Moose Jaw
Grasslands National Park
Prince Albert National Park
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
Fort Walsh and the Cypress Hills Massacre National Historic Sites
Batoche National Historic Site
Fort Battleford National Historic Site
Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site
Most Canadians treat Saskatchewan as a flyover or a drive-through province, but I’ve long been convinced that there’s much more to Canada’s flattest, most right-angled, and hardest-to-spell province than meets the eye. And after a week spent driving from north to south and into its far corners, all while avoiding the Trans-Canada Highway as much as possible, I can attest to the fact that life here runs much deeper than grain elevators and farmers’ fields.
To quote the Corner Gas closing theme: You think there’s not a lot going on in Saskatchewan? Look closer, baby. You’re so wrong.
