Southern Saskatchewan - Tourism Saskatchewan

Lake Diefenbaker
and play” for many golfers, because of
its surprising layouts. One of the par-3
holes has an 80-foot change in
elevation from tee to green!
First-rate sports activities aren’t the only
recreational opportunities waiting for
you in the Great Sand Hills/Diefenbaker
area. There are all kinds of festivals and
events as well to delight and entertain
you: on June 23 and 24, 2012, the
skies over Swift Current will be alive
with some of the most unique kites in
the world, during the eighth annual
Windscape Kite Festival. Swift Current is
also the site for the Long Days Night
Music Festival from June 21-23, 2012,
celebrating three of the longest days of
the year with a wide range of music
and lots of fun. July 12-15, 2012 is time
for a return to the 1920s, when Swift
Current’s Lyric Theatre welcomes
Summer Chautauqua. Listen to lectures,
music and story-telling, drink
sarsparilla, eat corndogs, and enjoy
world-class touring theatre artists, just
as local audiences did 90 years ago.
For more examples of western cultural
history, check out the rodeos in the
Sand Hills /Lake Diefenbaker area, and
be sure to visit a Round Dance and
Pow Wow at Swift Current’s Living Sky
Casino. To round off your experience
with a personal touch, drop around to
the Glass Slipper Spa for esthetics, skin
care, laser services or pilates classes.
In this part of southwestern
Saskatchewan, you’re never very far
from the roots of the people and the
history of the area. The Swift Current
Museum showcases a 9,000 year
history of the southwest.
Newly located in a historic
schoolhouse, the F.T. Hill Museum in
Riverhurst has a fine arrray of pioneer
and aboriginal artifacts, plus a
complete collection of Saskatchewan
license plates! And the Great Sandhills
Museum in Sceptre invites you to take
a stroll back in time down its wooden
boardwalks.
The Art Gallery of Swift Current is both a
museum with a collection of fine art,
and the cultural centerpiece of the
community, showcasing a variety of art
forms including literary, film, music and
dance.
Near the Estuary Ferry, north of the
community of Leader, you’ll find
Sagebrush Studios & Art Galleries. From
the May long weekend to the end of
September, visitors are welcome, by
chance or by appointment, to see
unique oil paintings and clay works,
displayed in two restored church
galleries.
The culinary arts are also wellrepresented
in the Great Sandhills/Lake
Diefenbaker region. The Mainstay Inn,
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