[joelpiecowye]

This is a thread to discuss Saskatchewan's history. Saskatchewan has been through boom and busts, right now it now it is undercredited(in my mind) for the history and historic buildings that are in our province.

So, if you want to post some of your city, town, or a ghost towns history, pr historic photos have fun and discuss it because its a big province out there:tup:

here are some old Saskatatoon photo's from an airplane at September 5th 1941. Photos from saskatoon Archvies.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1135/areal2be6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7936/areal4pu5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/879/areal5qn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4449/areal6jo2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5610/areal5ff7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6941/areal6pu8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6878/areal7xn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5233/areal8vz3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9454/areal1vx2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8651/areal3ls8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here is a old map from 1882

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7518/map1jp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and here is a drawing to promote people to go to saskatoon bac in the day

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9212/map2ps3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Looking north on 1st Ave from near 20th Street. Overhead foot bridge on left and Canada Building under construction on right. 1912

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4139/saskatoon1ih7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Postcard showing view down the Short Hill (Victoria Street): the Traffic Bridge, river and downtown. Possibly taken at official opening of the bridge, October 10, 1907

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2315/saskatoon4ih5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

City of Medicine Hat disaster - postcard sent from Mrs. J.R. Whetter to her sister in Delisle, August 15, 1910. The Medicine Hat fouled her rudder and was destroyed against the piers of the Traffic Bridge on June 7, 1908.

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5075/saskatoon2dr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5194/saskatoon3ip2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Empire Hotel at 2nd Avenue South and 20th St. East, ca. 1911.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2409/saskatoon5ew0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Warehouse District, 24th Street and Pacific Avenue, looking east. The Rumely Building is under construction.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2600/saskatoon7im0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The first railway bridge in Saskatoon was built in 1889-1890 where the Senator Sid Buckwold freeway bridge is now. It was destroyed by ice in 1904. This photo shows the new bridge on its temporary piers being washed out the following year. Spring breakup was a much-awaited and often calamitous event until the building of the Gardiner Dam upstream in the 1960s permanently altered the river's flow.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8209/saskatoon6at1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[swilley]

Thanks for posting these.

[ReginaGuy]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!

I have a high resolution aerial image of downtown Regina c. 1964 (overhead, Google Earth style). I was actually going to upload it to urban regina tomorrow.

But for now, its time for bed!

[Andy6]

This Saskatchewan Historical Map digitization project is interesting, particularly the "Map of Regina". click here (http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/index.html)

[Chaps]

Cool pictures!

One things hasn't changed much since those pictures were taken...Saskatoon's skyline. :D Juuuuust kidding.

That first picture is kind of cool, a small little city, yet 3 or 4 bridges.

[Ruckus]

I was at a friends house this evening and he happened to have a highschool yearbook from Mount Royal Collegiate 1983-1984.

As I began flipping through it, the following images caught my eye and had me thinking "what must have been on the minds of urban enthusiasts back in the day?".

The images speak for themselves, especially "Progress".

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1006/hotelbessto6.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4369/progressgz8.jpg

Source: Mount Royal Collegiate Institute 1983-1984 yearbook

[A4Regina]

I was at a friends house this evening and he happened to have a highschool yearbook from Mount Royal Collegiate 1983-1984.

As I began flipping through it, the following images caught my eye and had me thinking "what must have been on the minds of urban enthusiasts back in the day?".

The images speak for themselves, especially "Progress".

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1006/hotelbessto6.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4369/progressgz8.jpg

Source: Mount Royal Collegiate Institute 1983-1984 yearbook


Whoa! Did Saskatoon ever have those three glass towers? :haha: ;) lol. Skyline would have been cool if there was though. The tower on the right kind of resembles the SGI in regina.

[JayM]

I was at a friends house this evening and he happened to have a highschool yearbook from Mount Royal Collegiate 1983-1984.

As I began flipping through it, the following images caught my eye and had me thinking "what must have been on the minds of urban enthusiasts back in the day?".

The images speak for themselves, especially "Progress".

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1006/hotelbessto6.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4369/progressgz8.jpg

Source: Mount Royal Collegiate Institute 1983-1984 yearbook

whoa no idea what those buildings are and their purpose but i can tell you it looks cool in that picture. 2nd picture that is.

[Ruckus]

whoa no idea what those buildings are and their purpose but i can tell you it looks cool in that picture. 2nd picture that is.

Dreaming of Cameco, PotashCorp, and the other...remains unknown :cool:

[JayM]

Dreaming of Cameco, PotashCorp, and the other...remains unknown :cool:

Kinda looks like SGI out of Regina except more scaled up.

[Ruckus]

Kinda looks like SGI out of Regina except more scaled up.

Are you referring to the one on the far right? The structure looks almost triangular, or maybe that's just shadowing.

[Chaps]

Wow. Saskatoon's skyline would be rocking with those towers there. Odd...I wonder what the purpose of that picture was.

[swilley]

^^It's a graphic arts assignment from a high school yearbook.

[Ruckus]

^^It's a graphic arts assignment from a high school yearbook.

:brickwall:, Chaps did you bother to read the words within my post?

Edit: I guess not.

[ReginaGuy]

:brickwall:, Chaps did you bother to read the words within my post?

Edit: I guess not.

I think Chaps was wondering where that highschool student got the rendering from. I doubt the student made that photo himself

[swilley]

I think Chaps was wondering where that highschool student got the rendering from. I doubt the student made that photo himself

Yes, the student likely made that him/herself. That's why it is shown in a school yearbook.

Is this really that hard to understand? :koko:

[Migs]

Dreaming of Cameco, PotashCorp, and the other...remains unknown :cool:
You guys have been doing lots of 'dreaming' these days haven't ya???;)

[Chaps]

^^It's a graphic arts assignment from a high school yearbook.

Ah I missed the "graphics arts assignment" part.

EDIT: Upon reviewing the post again, it doesn't say anything about it being an art assignment, so I didn't miss anything. I guess I just didn't make the assumption.

[Chaps]

:brickwall:, Chaps did you bother to read the words within my post?

Edit: I guess not.

Like I said, I missed part of it. (edit...actually I guess I didn't...where does it state that it was an art assignment? It came from a yearbook yes...but I was wondering if there was something more to it than some kid just doing it up for fun/class.)

But man do you ever get rocked off your horse pretty easily. I apologize for affecting your life in such a negative way with that post. For your own safety, please stay away from prescription painkillers and twisted rope.

[Migs]

Found quite a few pages of old pics of Regina. Its amazing how the Baptist church looks exactly the same today as it did back then.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reginapubliclibrary/page3/

[JayM]

Are you referring to the one on the far right? The structure looks almost triangular, or maybe that's just shadowing.

i think that dark park its like a 30/30/30 degree like corner, giving the the perception that its triangular like

[A4Regina]

Found quite a few pages of old pics of Regina. Its amazing how the Baptist church looks exactly the same today as it did back then.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reginapubliclibrary/page3/




Cool

[joelpiecowye]

cool old regina photos. i always wondered what would have happened to regina if it wasn't hit by the tornado. Mabey it would be around calgary or winnipeg in size. but i guess it helped create what regina is today. The photos of the damage is really neat.

[circle33]

I posted this here a number of years ago but plenty of locals have joined up since, so it can't hurt to post it again:

http://s87411149.onlinehome.us/pic.jpg

From sometime in the 50s.

[Ruckus]

:previous: The church (don't recall the name) to the left of the Bess is grey in this photo, but currently it is red...I guess they were bored with the grey:shrug:

Also, the west river bank looks to be going under some modifications with the wide path cut into it.

And the U of S lands are just ripe for development, so ripe.

Interesting image circle33 :)

[Echoes]

I posted this here a number of years ago but plenty of locals have joined up since, so it can't hurt to post it again:

http://s87411149.onlinehome.us/pic.jpg

From sometime in the 50s.

Wow, 21st Street back then... sucked. I would've expected there to be more buildings along it in a more or less continuous fashion. I guess the age of the automobile and surface parking lots had done its worst by then.

What's that large building in the bottom right at what I'm assuming sat on 20th Street and Spadina? Apartment building? Hotel? What happened!?!?!

[Ruckus]

Wow, 21st Street back then... sucked. I would've expected there to be more buildings along it in a more or less continuous fashion. I guess the age of the automobile and surface parking lots had done its worst by then.

What's that large building in the bottom right at what I'm assuming sat on 20th Street and Spadina? Apartment building? Hotel? What happened!?!?!

Hmmm, I didn't even notice that one...looks quite significant (size wise).

[psych1]

What's that large building in the bottom right at what I'm assuming sat on 20th Street and Spadina? Apartment building? Hotel? What happened!?!?!

Courthouse, no? I think it is still there.

[joelpiecowye]

nice picture and yes i do believe that that is the courthouse

[Ruckus]

Courthouse, no? I think it is still there.

Maybe, but the courthouse is on Spadina, directly across from the Bess. That building looks to be located on 20th street, across from the Radisson Hotel, I think it is currently a gravel parking lot serving anoffice building on the corner of Spadina and 20th Street.

[brannelford]

What's that large building in the bottom right at what I'm assuming sat on 20th Street and Spadina? Apartment building? Hotel? What happened!?!?!
I believe that's the old YMCA building, which met its demise sometime in the mid to late 1960's.

[joelpiecowye]

because it is a painting it could be anything. accuracy usual seems to be exaggerated to fit everything so noone will really be able to know :(

[circle33]

No painting; it's a photograph, hanging over a buddy's fire place.

[joelpiecowye]

r u sure it is a photograph. It could be a print of a painting also which would have the same texture as a photograph. it does not seem too realist ic to me but i may be wrong

[socialisthorde]

r u sure it is a photograph. It could be a print of a painting also which would have the same texture as a photograph. it does not seem too realist ic to me but i may be wrong

I'm thinking it is a colourized photo. They used to take black and white photos and paint over them with watercolors. That would also explain why the red church is grey as maybe they forgot to paint it. It would also explain why the coloring of the bessborough seems so weird.

[Nat]

I'm thinking it is a colourized photo. They used to take black and white photos and paint over them with watercolors. That would also explain why the red church is grey as maybe they forgot to paint it. It would also explain why the coloring of the bessborough seems so weird.

It is definately a hand coloured photograph.

[Only The Lonely..]

Well Mellonheads...

I was digging around our office and look what I found!

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~cschulz1/Western1.JPG

[Only The Lonely..]

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~cschulz1/Western2.JPG

[Only The Lonely..]

And finally..

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~cschulz1/Western3.JPG

[Ruckus]

Great discovery Only The Lonely.

I smiled when reading some of the population and industrial growth predictions. Of course, much of the Mayor's interview had me thinking about predictions for Saskatoon, and indeed the province.

Good stuff :tup:

[Only The Lonely..]

:previous:
Out of curiosity, how accurate were his predictions for Regina?

[Ruckus]

:previous:
Out of curiosity, how accurate were his predictions for Regina?

Population predictions are ~ 11 years off (1986 they hit 180,000).

I believe the city of Regina was 150,000 or so in 1961. I was searching Stats Can, found some pop. data for Regina from 1961 to 1976...but, I forgot to save the page and now I am unable to find it :hell:

[Only The Lonely..]

Thanks! Guess the mayor was an optimist.

[JayM]

Population predictions are ~ 11 years off (1986 they hit 180,000).

I believe the city of Regina was 150,000 or so in 1961. I was searching Stats Can, found some pop. data for Regina from 1961 to 1976...but, I forgot to save the page and now I am unable to find it :hell:

City of Regina & Regina CMA
*Brackets denote Census Metropolitan Area

1903 - 3,000
1906 - 6,000
1913 - 30,000
1950 - 73,000
1960 - 114,000
1970 - 141,000
1976 - 149,593
1981 - 162,986 (173,226)
1991 - 179,178 (185,058)
1996 - 180,400 (193,652)
2001 - 178,255 (192,800)
2006 - 179,246 (194,971)

http://www.greatexcursions.com/ex.php/cID/31/ID/116/t/Regina%27s+Old+Warehouse+District+Industrial+Heritage+Tour/
http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/pop/Censuspopulation2006.pdf
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/regina_saskatchewan.htm
http://www.regina.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=294

[Ruckus]

City of Regina & Regina CMA
*Brackets denote Census Metropolitan Area

1903 - 3,000
1906 - 6,000
1913 - 30,000
1950 - 73,000
1960 - 114,000
1970 - 141,000
1976 - 149,593
1981 - 162,986 (173,226)
1991 - 179,178 (185,058)
1996 - 180,400 (193,652)
2001 - 178,255 (192,800)
2006 - 179,246 (194,971)

http://www.greatexcursions.com/ex.php/cID/31/ID/116/t/Regina%27s+Old+Warehouse+District+Industrial+Heritage+Tour/
http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/pop/Censuspopulation2006.pdf
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/regina_saskatchewan.htm
http://www.regina.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=294

I recall fluctuation during the mid-late 1980s for Regina. They hit 180,000 in 1986, but lost a few thousand or were stable from there on until growth picked up again during the early 90s where they once again hit 180,000 (the city).

Thank you for retrieving those numbers.

[JayM]

I recall fluctuation during the mid-late 1980s for Regina. They hit 180,000 in 1986, but lost a few thousand or were stable from there on until growth picked up again during the early 90s where they once again hit 180,000 (the city).

Thank you for retrieving those numbers.

No Problem. I have a few stats laying around as i had did some random population digging. Yeah if i tried to get every year that would take sometime, but yeah between those 5 years of census the population did fluctuate.

[Ruckus]

A classmate of mine found an interesting advertisement for Riversdale and I thought it might be worth sharing.

I would guess late 1960s or early 1970s, but don't quote me on that.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3296/pa0600010971650yg6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Source - Local History Room, Saskatoon Public Library