Saskatchewan

Sunrise over the prairie. Talk about wide open spaces! Very cool. (On the other hand, while the scenery is very pretty and tranquil, things look much the same for a looooong time... so it's not particularly exciting, either. LOL)


There were lots of lakes out here with what we presume to be sodium sulphate all around the outside edges. Some of these lakes had so much piled up that it almost looked like strange, limited-area snowdrifts. Not far from here is the town of Chaplin, the site of the largest deposit of sodium sulphate in North America.


Wheat fields near the town of Moose Jaw. Much of the prairie provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) looks like this. These three are known as "Canada's breadbasket" because wheat and many other grains, along with corn and other crops, come from here to supply all of Canada with their bounty. Crops can be seen for miles in every direction.