Top 11 Places to Visit in
Eastend | Saskatchewan
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Region:
Southwest Saskatchewan
Known For:
Scotty — the world’s largest T. rex | T. rex Discovery Centre | Wallace Stegner’s boyhood home | Frenchman River Valley | Jones Peak | Chimney Coulee | Pine Cree Regional Park | Local pottery & arts scene | Big Flat Folk Fest | Saskatchewan’s Official Fossil
Best For:
Dinosaur lovers | Families | Hiking & scenic drives | Writers & artists | History buffs | Prairie road trips | Stargazing | Birdwatching | Camping
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Best stays in Eastend Saskatchewan
Scotty the T. rex — The Discovery
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A high school teacher, a single bone, and a bottle of scotch on a Saturday afternoon in southwest Saskatchewan. One of the greatest palaeontological discoveries in Canadian history. On August 16, 1991, a high school teacher named Robert Gebhardt from Eastend joined Royal Saskatchewan Museum palaeontologists on a prospecting expedition along the exposed bedrock of […]
- Discovery site in the Frenchman River Valley, near Eastend, Saskatchewan
- (306) 295-4009
- royalsaskmuseum.ca/trex/unearthing-scotty
T. rex Discovery Centre
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The town built a museum and kept him there. The T. rex Discovery Centre, operated by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, opened in 2001 and is built right into the hills of the Frenchman River Valley — a striking 16,000-square-foot facility at the end of a road called, naturally, #1 T. rex Drive. Inside, you can […]
Wallace Stegner House
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Wallace Stegner (1909–1993) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning author and one of the great voices of the American West. He was often called “The Dean of Western Writers”. But the genesis of his writing can be traced to southwest Saskatchewan. He lived in this house in Eastend from age 7 to 12 — years that left […]
Jones Peak
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The view from Jones Peak is utterly spectacular. Located about 10 kilometres southwest of Eastend, the peak offers panoramic views over the Frenchman River Valley — a vast sweep of coulees, badlands, and rolling grassland stretching to the horizon. The peak is named after H.S. “Corky” Jones, a tireless amateur palaeontologist who spent decades preserving […]
- Approximately 10 km southwest of Eastend, Saskatchewan (ask locally for directions)
- (306) 295-3222 (Town office)
- townofeastend.com
Chimney Coulee Historic Site
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In the 1860s and 1870s, as many as sixty Métis families occupied this coulee on a seasonal basis — a community known as Hunter’s Settlement. They built homes with stone chimneys, and the ruins of those chimneys are what gave the site its name after the settlement was abandoned around 1880 with the disappearance of […]
- Approximately 6 km north of Eastend, Saskatchewan
- (306) 295-3222
- https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2882
Frenchman River Valley
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Known locally as the “Valley of Hidden Secrets,” the Frenchman River Valley stretches roughly 50 kilometres through some of the most dramatic landscapes in Saskatchewan. The river winds along the north side of Eastend, attracting birds, waterfowl, fish, and wildlife. On the hilltops above, you can still see the last vestiges of the western frontier […]
- Frenchman River Valley, Eastend area, Saskatchewan
- (306) 295-3222
- https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/frenchman_river.html
Eastend Historical Museum
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A very interesting example of small-town Saskatchewan prairie life. The museum covers the area’s deep history — from the Indigenous peoples who travelled the valley for thousands of years to the Métis settlements, the NWMP presence, early ranching, and the homesteading era. The collection of photographs and artifacts from the beginnings of the community is […]
- 306 Red Coat Dr, Eastend, SK S0N 0T0
- (306) 295-3222
- https://townofeastend.com/eastend-historical-museum-
Pine Cree Regional Park
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A small, magically natural park nestled in the Cypress Hills, 17 kilometres north of Eastend. Dense forest, headwaters of Swift Current Creek, wildflowers, and real camping — the way it used to be. The park has 27 non-serviced sites, many tucked among trees along the creek. Hiking trails lead through the forest and up hills […]
- 17 km north of Eastend on Highway 615, Saskatchewan
- Contact via saskregionalparks.ca
- saskregionalparks.ca/park/pine-cree/
Wilkinson Memorial Observatory & Stargazing
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Southwest Saskatchewan has some of the darkest skies in Canada. The Wilkinson Memorial Observatory in Eastend takes full advantage — offering visitors a chance to gaze at the universe from a place where light pollution is almost nonexistent. On a clear prairie night, the Milky Way stretches from horizon to horizon. Planets, star clusters, and […]
Eastend Arts, Pottery & Community Events
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Eastend has a creative streak that runs deeper than you’d expect in a town of 500 people. In the early 1950s, a ceramics course was offered here to stimulate a local industry — and it took. Today, Eastend artisans produce pottery using local clay, and studios and galleries dot the town. The Friday Night Market […]
Jack’s Café
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Jack’s Café on Main Street is renowned for its Greek and CanAsian cuisine — an unexpected delight in the middle of the prairies. Photo: Google Street View
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