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Fort Qu'Appelle is a town located in the Qu'Appelle Valley in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, originally established as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post in 1852. The QuAppelle River is a river that flows 430 km east from Lake Diefenbaker in southwestern Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba. ...
Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: The Strength of Many Peoples) Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart - Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (Split from NWT) (9th (province)) Area Ranked...
The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...
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Profile The town of Fort Qu'Appelle (not to be confused with the nearby town of Qu'Appelle) is approximately 65 kilometres north-east of Regina, the provincial capital, between Echo and Mission Lakes, the second and third of the four Fishing Lakes. It is immediately adjacent to the site of the original Fort Qu'Appelle Hudson's Bay Company trading post, whose "factory" is maintained as a historical site and museum. (The 1897 Hudson's Bay stone department store building remains standing on Main Street, though long disused by the Bay.) The surrounding area is home to grain and cattle farms, small rural communities and sixteen Indian reserves. Fort Qu'Appelle has the largest detachment of RCMP per capita in the country. Regina—QuAppelle is the name of a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada. ...
Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish) Location of Regina in the SE quadrant of Saskatchewan Coordinates: Country Canada Province Saskatchewan District Assiniboia Established 1882 Government - City Mayor Pat Fiacco - Governing body Regina City Council - MPs Dave Batters Ralph Goodale Tom Lukiwski Andrew Scheer - MLAs Joanne Crofford...
The Fishing Lakes are a chain of four lakes in the QuAppelle Valley cottage country some 40 miles to the northeast of Regina, Canada. ...
The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...
According to the Canada 2001 Census the town's population statistics (which do not include the substantial population living along the lakeshores of the Fishing Lakes) were as follows: The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...
- Population in 2001 — 1,940
- Population in 1996 — 1,987A
- 1996 to 2001 population change (%) — -2.4
- Total private dwellings — 892
- Population density per square kilometre — 347.8
- Land area (square km) — 5.58
Origins
 Fort Qu'Appelle, Assiniboia, from the northwest, circa 1900 The current site is the third Fort Qu'Appelle. The first was Northwest Company trading post (1801-05), also in the valley but near what is now the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. The Hudson's Bay Company itself (after the unification of the HBC and the Northwest Company) first used the name for a post north of present-day Whitewood (some 100 miles east of Regina on Number 1 Highway) from 1813 to 1819. The current site was a Hudson's Bay Company post from 1852 to 1854 and again from 1864 to 1911. Image File history File links Fort_Qu'Appelle_from_the_northwest,_circa_1910. ...
Image File history File links Fort_Qu'Appelle_from_the_northwest,_circa_1910. ...
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in the city of Montreal in British North America. ...
 Fort Qu'Appelle, Assiniboia, circa 1900 The town's substantial growth apart from its status as a Hudson's Bay Company "factory" first occurred in the 1880s and 1890s when European settlement began in the region as the Canadian Pacific Railway moved westwards. This coincided with the first development of British India after the seizing of control of India from the East India Company by the Crown after the 1857 Indian Mutiny, and the town of Fort Qu'Appelle's striking similarity to the Indian hill stations of the early Raj has been widely commented upon by anyone who has seen both. Older residences and commercial premises together with the town's Anglican and United (formerly Presbyterian) churches are quintessentially of the 19th century hinterland British Empire, a matter which local civic boosters appear not yet to have capitalised upon. Image File history File links Fort_Qu'Appelle,_circa_1910. ...
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An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ...
Development Despite the accelerating decline of rural Saskatchewan in the post-World War II years, the town grew through most of the 1950s and 1960's as a cottage community serving the Qu'Appelle Lakes summer-cottage country in the valley up- and down-river from the town. Cottagers from Regina and other southern Saskatchewan communities used Fort Qu'Appelle as a base from which to explore the scenic and historic river valley, purchase hardware and groceries and contract services; the town also benefited urban drift as farms and other towns steadily depopulated. This process was precipitately accelerated in 1964 when the rural school districts were abolished and farm primary and high school children were thereafter bused to town schools. Rural churches having largely closed in the 1950s, the collapse of rural farming communities was now assured, to the benefit of minor metropoles such as Fort Qu'Appelle though arguably to the impoverishment of the community as a whole.
 Fort San looking towards Fort Qu'Appelle, 1920s A tuberculosis sanatorium was operated by the provincial department of public health at nearby Fort San; when tuberculosis ceased to be a public health problem the facility was turned into a fine arts complex where a substantial summer program was operated until the early 1990s when the provincial government terminated its funding. Image File history File links Fort_San,_1920s. ...
Image File history File links Fort_San,_1920s. ...
Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease that is caused by mycobacteria, primarily Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ...
The former Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Hospital was replaced in 2004 by the All Nations Healing Hospital. The hospital is one of the first health care facilities in Canada owned and operated by First Nation governments. There are sixteen in total, five from Touchwood Agency Tribal Council and eleven from File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council.
Tourism Fort Qu'Appelle is a notable tourist destination both in summer and winter. The lakes afford swimming, boating and other water related activities in summer and cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing in winter. Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. ...
Ice fishing in the Finnish Miljoonapilkki fishing competition. ...
The most notable tourist event is Treaty 4 Gathering, is a week long event celebrating the signing of Treaty #4. The event is held in September, during the week of the 15th. Pow-Wows are held daily during the week. Treaty no 4 was a treaty between the Government of Canada and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nations. ...
The Mission Ridge Ski Hill, located just south of the town near the Treaty 4 Grounds, is open during the winter and is patronised by ski-enthusiasts from the valley and environs and from Regina and elsewhere in the region.
Recently, Fort Qu'Appelle and area were host to the 2007 Keystone Cup during April 12th-15th. The Keystone Cup is the Junior "B" ice hockey championship and trophy for Western Canada. The home town host, Fort Knox hockey club, placed 2nd and won the silver medal in the event. The town accommodated players, coaches, parents, and fans during the event. The Keystone Cup is the Junior B ice hockey championship and trophy for Western Canada. ...
Education The town has one high school, Bert Fox Community High School, and one elementary school, Fort Qu'Appelle Elementary Community School. Parklands College is located at the Treaty 4 Governance Centre.
Notable People from Fort Qu'Appelle - 1960s folksinger and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie (who wrote the protest song "Universal Soldier," has been a regular performer on the U.S. version of "Sesame Street" and is an Officer of the Order of Canada) was born on the Piapot Cree reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley.
- Noted Canadian jurist and singer Graeme Mitchell grew up at Fort San and received his high school education in Fort Qu'Appelle.
- Ashley Turgeon the inventor of the Auto-Footer grew up at Echo Lake. The auto footer is an electronic device designed to scan dollar figures in rows or columns and output the sums. It is known to save hours of auditors' hours reviewing financial statements.
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
Eddie The Edmonton Express Shore (born November 25, 1902 in Fort QuAppelle, Saskatchewan, Canada - died March 16, 1985) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL). ...
7 Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, educator and social activist. ...
NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...
Rob Niedermayer (born Robin Wade Niedermayer on December 28, 1974 in Cassiar, British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL. He is the younger brother of fellow Duck Scott Niedermayer. ...
Media - The town's community newspaper the Fort Qu'Appelle Times is released every Tuesday.
- The community radio station, "Voice of the Valley," operates at 88.3 FM.
Fort Qu'Appelle as a television and film location - The movie Skipped Parts had scenes filmed in Fort Qu'Appelle and in nearby towns as well as the city of Regina
- The CBC movie "Betrayed" was filmed primarily in Fort Qu'Appelle, with notable sites including the old hospital (both in and out).
- The television series Life Without Borders is filmed and produced in the Fort Qu'Appelle area.
This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ...
Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish) Location of Regina in the SE quadrant of Saskatchewan Coordinates: Country Canada Province Saskatchewan District Assiniboia Established 1882 Government - City Mayor Pat Fiacco - Governing body Regina City Council - MPs Dave Batters Ralph Goodale Tom Lukiwski Andrew Scheer - MLAs Joanne Crofford...
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ...
External links - Community website - History of Fort Qu'Appelle
- University of Saskatchewan Library: postcard views of the Qu'Appelle Valley at the turn of the 20th century
- Hospital Website - Official site of the All Nation's Healing Hospital
Coordinates: 50°46′N, 103°47′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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