Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-04
TAKES NAME FROM RIVER
Saskatchewan on Northwest Border
of United States.
MANY FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Soil Shown to Be Productive of
Large Crops-Area But slimly
Populated.
BY WILLIAM r. CURTIS
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.

Special Correspondence OF The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
SASKATCHEWAN. Canada.
September 20, 1911.
The province Of Saskatchewan lies be-
tween the forty-ninth and sixtieth paral-
lels of north latitude, and between merid-
ians 1O2 and Ito degrees of longitude
west from Greenwich. Its southern
border is the International boundary be-
tween Canada and the United tSates.
South Of Saskatchewan are the states of
North Dakota and Montana, east of it is
the Canadian province of Manitoba, west
of 1t is the province Of Alberta and on
the north AID northeast 1t is bounded by
the unorganized northwest territories.
It's greatest length Is go miles, its
width on the south is 1913 miles, at the
middle 300 miles, and at the northern
boundary it has a width Of 277 miles.
The area Of this quadrangle Is $50. $50
square miles. of which S,31s square miles
is water. The land surface contains
155. 092. 40 acres.
The province is traversed by both
branches Of the Saskatchewan, which is
the largest river in Canada-indeed, the
province derives its name from this, an
Indian word meaning rushing water"
The river has it's source in the Rocky
mountains, and after rushing in an inn
distance of LOO miles, empt!es into Lake
Winnipeg and through the chain of
lakes drained by the Nelson river into
Hudson bay.
Elevation Above Sea Level.
The south Saskatchewan river enters
the province 1882 feet above sea level
About 200 miles farther down the river, at
the Elbow. where 1t turns sharply to the
northeast, its elevation is 1883 feet; at
Saskatoon 1t is 145 feet lower, and at the
confluence of the north and south
branches below Prince Albert II is about
1850 feet above the level OF Hudson
bay The north branch Of the Saskatoon
is 1,6S9 feet above the sea level at Fort
Pitt. near its entrance to the province,
1.JOO feet at the mouth OF Battle river
and 1880 feet at the town of Prince
Albert. Between the confluence Of the
two branches and where it empties into
Lake Winnipeg. II falls $40 feet a total
fall In its course from the intersection Of
the provincial boundary by the south
Saskatchewan to where il emptiee into
Lake Winnipeg. Of 1,1se feet. The
principal tributaries OF the Saskatchewan
river are In Alberta
Farther north the Churchill river, 1000
miles in length. drains an area Of abou,
large lakes. There are also a number OF
smaller streams whose beds are cut dowr
into the prairie almost as deeply, thus
showing that at some time they have
been swift running rivers.
Saskatchewan has several large lakes
the most important of which are found IL
the north and are connected with tn,
Churchill and other rivers. The larges
is Lake Athabasca. with an area Of 2.S4:
square miles. Reindeer lake has 2 43,
and Wollaston 906 square mites.
Vast as an Empire.
Not many years ago the popular i'm
preston concerning the great plain lying
west Of Ontario and north OF our western
states was that, by reason of climatic
conditions, it was unsuited to the grow
ing of grain crops or even for residence,
but a few Of the more resolute and enter
prising farmers of eastern Canada pusueu
their way into this region. vast as an
empire. and demonstrated that the eli
mate Is suited to the production Of the
best grain and live stock in the world
and that It is efninently healthful and in
MIGRATING.
The British Islands lie in the same lati-
tude as the province Of Saskatchewan.
Denmark, the Netherlands. Belgium. the
northern part Of Germany and about half
gina and Winnipeg. Edinburgh, Scot
land, is farther north than any of the
settled parts of Saskatchewan. Chris
tiania, the capital OF Norway and st. Pc
tersburg, Russia, are in the sixtieth par
allel of north latitude. the northern
boundary Of Saskatchewan.
The climate Of Great Britain and other