SASKATOON LINKS

General Resources
December 31, 2005 Edition of the StarPhoenix had a Special Section entitled, "Our Saskatoon Bridging a Century" which included historical photos and a timeline which would be a great resource for any Saskatoon related study - and worth keeping for future projects!
Saskatoon:The Early Years - Historical information from the early days until 1949.
Quirky Facts From Saskatoon History -Some of the bizarre treasures to be found in Local History clippings, photos, and other resources
Saskatoon Celebrities - Some well-known people who have made their homes in Saskatoon.
City History - Saskatoon City Archives - Image galleries, history quiz, timeline, list of Mayors and other historical resources.
This Week in History - updated until 2002.
Narratives of Saskatoon - First hand accounts of life in Saskatoon.
City History - Saskatoon’s founders dreamed of creating a temperance colony in the great North-West. John A. Macdonald’s government, in a hurry to develop the country, was offering large locks of land to colonization companies...
Historical Saskatoon Website: This site contains an interactive tour of Historical Nutana, teacher resources, photo gallery and online kit. Activities listed in this site are suitable for Grades 1-4.
Mapping Activities - A series of three interactive, Flash based activities helping students understand how gridlines aid us in finding locations on maps. The activities include an introduction to grid lines, a grid based tour of Saskatoon and latitude/longitude on a world map.

Saskatoon - City of Bridges - This site contains Meewasin's Bridge Tales presentation (22 minutes), a structure and design webquest, links to an art module teaching perspective using our bridges as an instructional tool, student activities and teacher resources. This site may be of interest to anyone teaching about structure and design or the history and evolution of Saskatoon.
Structures and Design - This website was designed after studying the concepts of Saskatchewan Education's grade 7 science unit on Structures and Designs.

Teaching about Saskatoon - Try the teacher resource page from the Historical Saskatoon site as a starting point. Here are printable activities for studying Saskatoon.
Saskatoon Environment
Meewasin Valley - The Meewasin Valley Authority is a conservation organization dedicated to conserving the natural and cultural heritage resources of the South Saskatchewan River Valley in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and area.
Saskatoon Weather - The Weather Network.
Saskatoon Nature Society
Saskatoon Zoo Society
About Saskatoon
Saskatoon.com - Saskatoon related news content.
Tourism Saskatoon - Find out what is happening in Saskatoon.
The StarPhoenix - Saskatoon's Newspaper.
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Public Library
WorldWeb.com - Saskatoon - A great resource for pricing out a vacation here.
Wikipedia - Saskatoon SK.
Interactive Map of Saskatoon
WhatToDoInSaskatoon
Saskatoon Police Service
Fire and Protective Services
Saskatoon SPCA
Volunteer Saskatoon
Created in partnership by: Saskatoon Public Schools, Saskatoon Catholic Schools, City of Saskatoon, Meewasin Valley Authority.