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Saskatoon/Saskatchewan General

Anonymous Thu 06 Jan 2022 17:58:42 No.2279321 View View Reply Original Report

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Hey /out/, I'm moving out to Saskatoon for University and is Saskatoon or Saskatchewan good for going /out/ I'm originally from bumfuck no where in Québec and I've never left my hometown so I'm really out of my depth. I enjoy hiking, mountaineering and spelunking and I hope to pick up the skills to fish and hunt.
Thanks for any help.

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Anonymous Thu 06 Jan 2022 18:15:02 No.2279329 Report

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>hurr durr i wanted to ask a simple question but i have nothing to contribute so i'm going to create a general because i've seen that generals get lots of replies
fuck off newfag

>i'm from quebec
even worse

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jan 2022 18:24:40 No.2279334 Report

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>>2279329
You could just let the thread die instead of answering? I also wanted a more general discussion regarding Saskatchewan and it's /out/ related activities but maybe I didn't phrase my question right. My bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jan 2022 05:42:05 No.2279796 Report

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>>2279321
southern saskatchewan is the worst place in the world for out. its so bad. used to live in ab, out all the time. move to south sk, a lot less now. mostly day trips.
>almost all the water is too shallow and stinky to even support a minnow. you cant even filter a lot of it, too salty or poisonous
>public land everywhere for you to use. no good water, few trees, just flat grass and bare clay
>go to campground. just a few trees. ok cloudy water with muddy tasting fish. scenic views of flat grass.
>go to grasslands national park for "backcountry camping". no trees. no fires. no water. hike for hours, still see my truck. backcountry campgrounds? no need for them, its just 350sq miles of grass. set up wherever you want. spend dark windy night by the parks only bush
>go to local fishing hole. just a hole in a field. stocked trout with grey flesh. same color as the clay soil
in the winter the featureless grey fields are set against featureless grey skies for six moths of the year
some reasons to take your mouth of the barrel of your gun;
>200km to the north is the boreal forest. close enough for a weekend trip. 300km from canadian shield, same as northern quebec.
>great big game hunting. 120 snow geese limit a year
>cypress hills is very unique in terms of flora, little island of boreal forest. untouched by last glaciation
>tons of useful herbs. endless scotch bonnet, the finest mushroom. huge productive patches of chokecherries and saskatoons. surprisingly good place to forage.
>great sandhills worth a day trip.
>no people

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Anonymous Fri 07 Jan 2022 09:06:14 No.2279880 Report

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>>2279321
I've never been to Saskatchewan, but I've spent more than a few moments in North Dakota. My first and last question is this; do you like farming?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jan 2022 12:06:09 No.2279919 Report

Quoted By: >>2280564 >>2281985

>>2279321
alberta yes sask no dude the whole province is flat as fuck and full of wheat I mean unless you like the badlands and rattle snakes

why the fuck would someone from quebec go to uni in saskatchewan I know they speak french in some parts of sask/manitoba but still our schools are better unless are you studying paleontology or are you too stupid to make it into mcgill for agriculture ?

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Anonymous Fri 07 Jan 2022 14:01:03 No.2279960 Report

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>>2279321
Bruh this is a trick to try in Saskatchewan. Stand still and look forward and you will see the back of ur hed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jan 2022 14:02:10 No.2279962 Report

Quoted By: >>2280556

Also imagine to to school on Saskatchewan or Saskatoon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jan 2022 16:46:22 No.2280083 Report

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Lived in SK my entire life, do you have any specific questions?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 02:00:06 No.2280556 Report

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>>2279321
If you want a fairly pretty place to do outdoorsy stuff go to Echo Valley near Regina/Fort Q, for both summer and winter activities. Doesn't feel like typical flat Saskatchewan there at all. Katepwa lake in the east is the nicest by far.
If you're willing to travel (much) further, the north past Flin Flon is nigh untouched by man, and gorgeous. Canoe trips are wonderful and the fishing is plentiful.
>>2279962
Saskatoon has a great university. Regina, not so much.

Anyone who claims Saskatchewan sucks for /out/ is ignorant or just lazy. I'm not claiming it to be the best place in the world for it, but the lack of people makes for some wonderfully natural and isolated adventures.

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 02:09:06 No.2280562 Report

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>>2279321
Hello fellow Saskatchewan chad! If you drive an hour North to above Prince Albert there is great crown land innawoods to camp and shoot in

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 02:10:30 No.2280563 Report

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>>2279321
Also check out places like Tobin lake and Jan lake. There is lots of untamed wilderness in Saskatchewan but if you have to drive to get there.

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 02:12:37 No.2280564 Report

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>>2279919
>Saskatchewan is all flat
>nothing but wheat
Yes please think that

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 03:09:46 No.2280588 Report

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>>2280564
>Pic is flat

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 03:39:21 No.2280603 Report

Quoted By: >>2280609 >>2280956

I’m surprised there are so many Saskatchewan bros here. Anyways there are plenty of places I can recommend
> pic related is Watrous sk, it’s about an hour south east of Saskatoon, I go there every summer and sometimes in the winter to stay at the hot spring hotel. The hotel is called manitou spring or something
> Go to beaver creek trail with a bag of bird seed and feed the chickadees (pour some in your hand and hold it up, they’re trained to trust humans and eat straight from your hand!) the trail itself is also very nice especially in the fall when the trees are colourful. It’s very short though, the whole thing is like 30 minutes
> Waskesuie lake is a national park, there’s plenty of places for hiking and fishing around there, but it’s a 3 hour drive from Saskatoon. Out there there’s a lot more trees and lakes (but still flat as fuck)
> Saskatoon itself also has some beautiful hiking trails by the river, look up meewasin trails

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 03:46:32 No.2280609 Report

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>>2280603
This meewasin is a great urban trail area to check out same with beaver creek (pic related)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 04:57:10 No.2280656 Report

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Sask literally has my out holy grail, the Athabaskan Sand Dunes.

Hopefully I make it there some day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 16:46:27 No.2280847 Report

Quoted By: >>2280956

>>2279321
South Saskatchewan has a lot of places for /out/ activities, but you do have to know where to go otherwise you’ll think it’s just bald prairie like everyone who isn’t actually from here. Some anons have already made good suggestions: Katepwa, Manitou, Echo, Waskesiu. The entire Qu’appelle Valley is very nice. I’d also recommend the areas around where Fort Livingston and Fort Pelly used to be. The SW around Willowbunch is great too. One anon mentioned the Athabasca sand dunes. There are sand dunes in the south as well by Leader, and by Douglas Provincial Park. Grasslands National Park is also nice, just be prepared to deal with the heat if you go in summer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 20:59:54 No.2280956 Report

Quoted By: >>2281655

>>2280603
>>2280847
Has Manitou lake cleared up yet? I went back in like 2013 and a bunch of fertilizer had blown into the lake which made the algae go nuts. Stank to high heaven and the water was an opaque green.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 21:09:06 No.2280964 Report

Quoted By: >>2280982 >>2280996

>>2279321
No idea why any person would willingly move from Québec to the shithole that is Saskatchewan. If you like hunting ok it’s good but there’s not much else to do. It’s also just ugly to me at least. BC or Alberta has better out.

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 21:24:20 No.2280982 Report

Quoted By: >>2281996

>>2280964
Our low population means you can spend days innawoods and never see a soul

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 21:50:08 No.2280996 Report

Quoted By: >>2281995

>>2280964
The main reason people move here is because the cost of living is very cheap and the province has kept most of its natural beauty because of the low population and lack of profitability from anything but farming. It feels like a part of Canada that is the least touched by modernity and I like that about it. But yeah, if you like mountainous scenery and oceans then you won’t have much to like about sask

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jan 2022 22:06:29 No.2281001 Report

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jan 2022 03:11:55 No.2281164 Report

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>>2281001
What is this ooky spooky gnostic nonsense

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jan 2022 04:01:11 No.2281210 Report

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>>2279321
>hiking, mountaineering and spelunking
LOL you picked the wrong province buddy. i guess theres the "cypress hills" near the border with alberta haha

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jan 2022 05:00:29 No.2281238 Report

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>>2281210
>he doesn’t know
Oh no

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jan 2022 05:28:38 No.2281247 Report

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>>2279960
round earth debunked once again

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jan 2022 18:27:04 No.2281655 Report

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>>2280956
I was there in August of 2020. The lake was pretty clear. I didn’t notice any issues with the algae.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jan 2022 19:15:44 No.2281737 Report

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>>2281238
>Oh my god an elevation change!
Only in SK would this be noteworthy

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jan 2022 20:09:44 No.2281789 Report

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>>2279321
go up north past Prince Albert anon. gorgeous territory

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jan 2022 00:32:35 No.2281985 Report

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>>2279919
Paleontology is what I'm going for. Too dumb for Toronto or Edmonton.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Jan 2022 00:39:16 No.2281995 Report

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>>2280996
I'm attracted to Sask cause it's alien to what I'm used to. Québec is good for /out/ but unless you don't mind the amerindiens, there's civilization everywhere. Sask looks untouched and wild without being fucking Nunavut. The north looks very appealing if i ever love sask enough to move there. I like boreal forests a bunch.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Jan 2022 00:42:15 No.2281996 Report

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>>2280982
This too, I hate neighbors. While I'm no turbo autist and I can get around socially just fine but when I'm /out/ I wanna be alone to admire the land. Even if its flat like my ex.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jan 2022 00:45:24 No.2281997 Report

Quoted By: >>2282839

Thanks for the replies, I wasn't expecting much but I'm happy with everyone's advice. I'm writing down everything and seeing how feasible it is with my time table to see everything. Sask is definitely overlooked for /out/ just like the Atlantic provinces. Nb has some surprisingly good caves to see if you're ever in the south.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jan 2022 00:48:26 No.2282000 Report

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>>2279880
Yes, I was raised on a farm. I've raised chickens, horses and pigs. I also manage a garden and grow (most of) everything I need.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Jan 2022 00:55:36 No.2282008 Report

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Forgot to add pic to the last reply, my newer baby chicks I hatched.

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Anonymous Tue 11 Jan 2022 12:38:08 No.2282839 Report

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>>2281997
Yeah it’s a great place to live
>comfy small towns to the south
>untouched lakes and wilderness to the north

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