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 galaxies are visible to the naked eye — and the observatory’s telescope brings them even closer.

A perfect way to end a day spent exploring a town built on sixty-six million years of history — by looking up at the same sky that was here before any of it.

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