TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL | Top 10,000 Places to Visit in Canada
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The Western Development Museum (WDM) is the largest human history museum in Saskatchewan, with a collection of almost 80,000 artifacts, making it a must-see!
This is a great kid-friendly place where they will learn the history behind each artifact, play games, make crafts and learn savvy settler skills.
Photos: https://www.facebook.com/wdm.museum; Google Street View
A popular park amongst locals. People love to relax and spend quality time here. Offer tourists a beach, trail, and playground for kids to enjoy.
The park was established in 1969, where it was once called Pebble Lake. It was a recreational site for York colonists years before.
Photos: Google Maps, MC J; Shayne Kreitzer
An urban nature preserves with a large wildlife habitat including wetland, meadow and treed area. Great access to many birds in all areas. A very good 2.8 km walk on and around the sanctuary. Beautiful trails with floating bridges and many bird viewing.
Grab your running shoes, binoculars, and camera, as it is a sight to see.
Photos: Google Maps, Kim, Dave Kachanoski
The only East-Central Saskatchewan indoor aquatic facility offering year-round swimming. Come here to enjoy a lazy river, hot tubs, steam rooms, sauna, 2-storey waterside and zero-depth beach entry indoors.
Great for the family to spend time at, with different amenities and activities.
Photo: Google Maps, Emmanuel Makinde
Scoops is cute and unique with its bright and colourful look on the outside and yummy treats served on the inside! Scoops offers soft serve, hard ice cream, frozen yogurt sundaes, milkshakes, and food like tac-in-a-bad and chilli cheese dogs.
There is dine-in, outdoor seating, and a drive-thru available.
Photo: Google Street View
September
Sunflower is hosted every September with countless artists from Yorkton and worldwide. The market continuously has pottery, photography, paintings, jewelry, metalwork, garden décor, specialty foods, and more!
Food is not far away if you feel hungry because there are food vendors on location.
Photos: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064756627097
May-September
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, hosts at least one round of the provincial motocross series each year.
Located minutes from Yorkton, this motorsport facility has hosted countless championship series events in past years and is a staple of Saskatchewan motocross.
Photos: https://www.facebook.com/saskmotocross
David MacIntyre is a famous Canadian composer of opera, music theatre, choral, and more. His music has been performed in more than 30 countries.
MacIntyre is now a professor of Music Composition at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver but was born here in Yorkton. MacIntyre is predominately known as a theatre composer.
Photo: By David Cooper – Was sent to me personally, CC BY-SA 3.0
This restaurant and sports lounge is the place of the best burger and steaks in town! Tapps is locally owned and serves delicious food and drinks with excellent service.
Make sure you stop in to see what all the hype is about.
Photo: https://tappsyorkton.ca/
Provides opportunities for engagement with the arts through exhibitions, workshops, classes, and events. They are the only professional public gallery in the area. The focus is on curating and promoting the work of artists here and artists based elsewhere in Saskatchewan and across Canada.
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/GodfreyDeanArtGallery
Yorkton Bowl Arena is well known for its immaculate vibes, great music, and fun games. Family fun, with great food and many lanes to bring out your competitive side.
The Bowl Arena has eight lanes of five-pin bowling. Every Friday and Saturday night, it is glow bowling! Call ahead and book your lane!
Photo: Google Maps, Tanner Washington
The Painted Hand Casino is east-central Saskatchewan’s attraction offering a variety of favourite slot and table games. It attracts over 300,000 guests annually.
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/PaintedHandCasino
The company’s brewery was born from a love of craft beers and an empty warehouse. They use the Smart Bree system to brew fresh and high-quality craft beer.
The creation of the company all started when co-founder Corey Geedes took note of the brewing system from an episode of Bar Rescue.
You get to taste different craft beer types at their taste test table. If you’re not a beer fan, their menu is filled with tasty meals.
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/FortyBack
This is one of the top-ranked courses in Saskatchewan! It is an 18-hole course with one signature hole, the 8th, where the landscaping has combined rock, railroad ties, and a fountain making it a challenging but exciting hole to conquer.
There is a driving range if you want to warm up before your game or just want to hit some balls and enjoy a meal afterward. There is a very inviting restaurant at the course.
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/deerparkgolfcourse
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