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Originally Posted by hipster duck
Canada's cities have their pros and their cons, but most of our 20 largest cities have an interesting natural setting. Some are knockout gorgeous on first sight, while others are interesting when you think about it, but there are very few* major cities that don't have at least something like a major river, body of water, hilly backdrop, valleys or cliffs.
There are some very big, important cities in the world that are situated on some flat, featureless plain without even a river running through their core.
*Regina would be the biggest one that comes to mind. Or maybe London, ON.
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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN
Regina has Wascana Creek that runs through the city and a large lake that is one of the main features of Wascana Park.
Albert Memorial Bridge
Linking the north and south shores of the lake is the Albert Memorial Bridge. Said to be the (World's) longest bridge over the shortest span of water, the bridge decorated in terracotta balusters and buffalo heads is a memorial to soldiers of the First World War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wascan...emorial_Bridge
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wascana_Centre
Regina's Wascana Lake & it's park does seem to be a major enigma for Canadian's that have never been to Regina.
A few additional noteworthy items about the park besides what VANRIDERFAN mentioned:
Wascana Park, is notable in Canada for being larger than New York City's Central Park at 843 acres (3.4 km2) and Vancouver's Stanley Park at 1,000 acres (4 km2) and as the fourth largest urban park in Canada.
Wascana Park was designed by the Seattle architect Minoru Yamasaki — famous for design of the original World Trade Center in New York City.
Trafalgar Fountain in Wascana Park, sitting just east of Saskatchewan's Legislature building, designed by Charles Barry in Peterhead granite and built by McDonald & Leslie, Aberdeen, stood in London, England's Trafalgar Square from 1845 to 1939.
http://wascana.ca/things-to-see-and-...algar-fountain
The Regina Tornado of 1912 began it's Canadian record breaking destruction in Wascana Park, before its path headed north into the city centre...
The Largest Western Painted Turtle ever found in North America was found in Wascana Park in 2015 and that particular individual turtle may be older than Saskatchewan's 110+ year history it's self.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/techno...225/story.html