This building was constructed in 1911 for harness maker B. F. Ackerman. He occupied the premises until 1925. Subsequent occupants were Hudson’s Bay Company, Great West Saddlery, cartage and storage firms such as Sneed’s Security Storage, MacCosham . . . — — Map (db m314600) HM
Albert Branch Library was built in 1927 on the site of one of Regina's first branch libraries. The architect Joseph Warburton used a Gothic theme in the entranceway with Tyndal stone details highlighting the windows and roofline.
This plaque was . . . — — Map (db m196918) HM
This bridge was built as an unemployment relief project during the Great Depression and was formally opened on November 10, 1930, by Premier J.T.M Anderson. It was dedicated as a memorial to the Saskatchewan soldiers who fell in the First World . . . — — Map (db m291198) HM
Law Degree — Dalhousie Law School Rhodes Scholarship — Queen’s College, Oxford Elected M.L.A., 1960 Appointed Minister of Public Health, 1962 Elected Leader of the NDP, 1970 Leader of the Opposition, 1982, 1987 Queen’s Privy Council for . . . — — Map (db m314512) HM
The American Revolution split the population of the Thirteen Colonies into two main groups — the Patriots and the Loyalists. The Treaty of Separation of 1783 ended the eight years of civil war. A third of the colonists were granted no rights in the . . . — — Map (db m314397) HM
This building was constructed in 1913 as a department store for the C. W. Sherwood Company. The store ceased operations in 1916. The ground floor was then occupied by the Regina Trading Company, followed by a military supply depot, and after that, . . . — — Map (db m314591) HM
This 1914 five-story building was constructed for the wholesale grocers Campbell, Wilson & Strathdee Company, shortly after the 1912 cyclone leveled many buildings in the area. The next occupant was the Saskatchewan Liquor Board (1925 to 1960), . . . — — Map (db m314779) HM
Chief Payepot was a proud leader known for his wisdom, spirituality and fearlessness. As the leader of the Young Dog Society, he led buffalo hunting parties across the Western Plains. Herds of buffalo in the millions roamed the prairies and were . . . — — Map (db m289145) HM
Connaught Branch Library was built in 1930 to provide a public library service in this area. The architect Joseph Warburton highlighted this public building with classical Tyndal stone details details surrounding the entranceway.
The building is . . . — — Map (db m196919) HM
[English] The province of Saskatchewan, formerly of the North West Territories, was created on 1 September, 1905, and inaugurated on this site by Governor General Earl Grey and Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier on 4 September, . . . — — Map (db m201271) HM
In 1883 the CPR and its business partner, the Canada North-West Land Company, spent more than $14,000 in the new Regina town site digging a well, grading five streets, and building a dam. That dam was the first control structure on Pile of Bones . . . — — Map (db m196905) HM
Honouring one of Regina's most distinguished citizens, the City Regina on December 14, 1998 officially renamed the Scarth Street Mall, THE FREDERICK W. HILL MALL. Prime Minister Jean Chretien formally dedicated the mall on June 8, 1998 saying, “It . . . — — Map (db m314400) HM
A glockenspiel is the German word for musical chimes. In the European Middle Ages all important towns had their own bells that regulated the life of the town. They called the people to work and sent them to bed. Just as a bell tower stood in the . . . — — Map (db m314598) HM
[English] Residence of the Lieutenant Governors of the North-West Territories (1891-1905) and Saskatchewan (1905-1945), Government House is one of the few surviving territorial buildings and was for many years the hub of official social life . . . — — Map (db m196906) HM
2014, being the Centennial of the creation of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada, meant a re-examination of the Association’s purpose and principles. The result was renewed interest and pride by those Canadians who trace their . . . — — Map (db m314378) HM
Walter Scott, a prominent journalist and politician, was raised in rural Ontario. In 1885 he moved west and, as a member of Parliament (1900-1905), played a leading role in achieving provincial status for Saskatchewan. Appointed its first Premier . . . — — Map (db m215979) HM
Hotel Saskatchewan opened in 1927 as the fourteenth hotel in the Canadian Pacific Railway’s nationwide hotel chain. The hotel ranked as the largest hotel in the province at that time and dominated the Regina skyline for many years. From 1945 to . . . — — Map (db m314445) HM
The Metropolitan Methodist Church was constructed in 1906 and partially destroyed by the Regina tornado of 1912. The present building, designed by architects Francis Portnall and J.H. Puntin, represents a traditional blend of Norman and Gothic . . . — — Map (db m291195) HM
Saskatchewan's first provincial land titles building was designed by Darling and Pearson and constructed in 1907-09. This building housed the Regina district records from 1910 until 1977. The distinctive architectural style is highlighted by the . . . — — Map (db m314399) HM
[English] Thousands of Canadian nurses have provided skilled and compassionate care to the sick and wounded in battle since 1885. In 1904, professional nurses entered the Canadian Army Medical Corps as Nursing . . . — — Map (db m201376) HM WM
In 1906 the Winnipeg-based Northern Bank commissioned its architects, Blair and Northwood, to design its new Regina Branch building. The result was this structure, with its classical revival facade. It is Regina’s oldest downtown commercial . . . — — Map (db m291197) HM
Between 1857 and 1860 a British funded expedition led by Captain John Palliser sought to increase scientific knowledge of the Canadian west. When the group reached what is now the Regina area their September 1857 journal entry talked about . . . — — Map (db m291280) HM
[English] Queen Elizabeth II Gardens dedicated by Her Majesty The Queen 18 May 2005 on the occasion of the Centennial of the Province of Saskatchewan 1905 — 2005 [Français] Les jardins . . . — — Map (db m313949) HM
[English] This statue of Queen Elizabeth II and her favourite horse Burmese commemorates the Golden Jubilee of the Accession of Her Majesty to the Throne as Queen of Canada on February 6, 1952. Burmese was born and . . . — — Map (db m314003) HM
[English] In October, Princess Elizabeth spent one day in Saskatchewan with her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as part of their first cross-Canada tour a year prior to her accession to the throne. She made . . . — — Map (db m314049) HM
[English] In July, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh spent two days in Saskatchewan during the longest royal tour in Canadian history. They visited Moose Jaw, Regina and Saskatoon with train . . . — — Map (db m314071) HM
[English] In July, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited Regina for two days to commemorate the centennial of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). During her address at RCMP “Depot” . . . — — Map (db m314084) HM
[English] In July, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visited Saskatchewan for three days with their youngest son, Prince Edward, who was 14 at the time. While in Saskatchewan, they visited . . . — — Map (db m314093) HM
[English] In October, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, spent five days in Saskatchewan — her longest visit to the province. She came to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the opening of the . . . — — Map (db m314095) HM
[English] In May, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh spent four days celebrating Saskatchewan's centennial in Regina, Lumsden and Saskatoon. In Regina she visited the First Nations University of . . . — — Map (db m314096) HM
Constructed between 1907 and 1910, the Regina Land Titles Building was the first public building commissioned by the newly-established Province of Saskatchewan. Designed by the prominent Toronto architectural firm of Darling and Pearson, the . . . — — Map (db m196921) HM
Originally, settlers in and around Regina thought of Wascana Creek in practical terms. The creek was first dammed in 1883, creating the reservoir now known as Wascana Lake. The reservoir provided the settlement with the only substantial body of . . . — — Map (db m196903) HM
Telephones were introduced into Saskatchewan in the early 1880’s, but it was not until 1908 that a government agency was created to manage them. Constructed in 1924, this structure was the first official head office for Saskatchewan Government . . . — — Map (db m289100) HM
In 1903 the Province of Saskatchewan was created from the North-West Territories. Three years later the government Premier Walter Scott chose the form of Edward and W.S. Maxwell of Montreal to design a new legislative building for the Province. . . . — — Map (db m289887) HM
This building, designed by Regina architects Storey and Van Egmond, was constructed in 1914 as the head office of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company. Established in 1911, the company was one of the first major farmer co-operatives and . . . — — Map (db m196920) HM
This plaque is dedicated to honour the war brides of W.W.I and W.W.II who married Canadian servicemen in a theatre of war and were brought to Canada by the Canadian government. Between 1945 and 1947 approximately 48,000 brides and 22,000 children . . . — — Map (db m314353) HM
Seat of Territorial Government
On March 27, 1883, Regina was named capital of the North-West Territories, and on August 20 Lieutenant Governor Edgar Lewdney first met with his council in the Council Chamber constructed on this . . . — — Map (db m288974) HM
This 1894 parish church was built for the Anglican Diocese of
Qu'Appelle to replace the original church built in 1883, and
dedicated on Thursday January 24, 1895, the Eve of the Feast of
the Conversion of Saint Paul. It was never intended to be . . . — — Map (db m289895) HM
Steam Locomotive #5093 was built in 1918 by the Montreal Locomotive Works Ltd. It is a Pacific-type locomotive, 75 feet long and weighs 287,500 pounds, or slightly more than 143 tons. While operative, it hauled passenger trains to various parts of . . . — — Map (db m314596) HM
In September 1882 on the second Sabbath after Lt.-Gov. Edgar Dewdney had proclaimed Regina capital of the Northwest Territories, a Presbyterian worship service was conducted in a livery stable tent by the Rev. J.W. Mitchell. The Knox Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m314594) HM
The trial of Louis Riel, Metis Leader of the Northwest Resistance, was held in the town of Regina July 28 and 29, 1885 in a court house located 60 metres from this spot. Riel was found guilty of treason and executed by hanging November 16, 1885. . . . — — Map (db m314593) HM
Constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1911 to 1912, Union Station was designed for use by both the CPR and the Canadian Northern Railway, which later became Canadian National Railway. An expansion in 1931 added a new south facade of . . . — — Map (db m314599) HM
This cairn is built of fieldstone gathered from Saskatchewan homesteads and yards of descendants of United Empire Loyalists who settled here prior to and shortly after 1905. Included is one stone from Eastern Ontario where many of the Loyalists . . . — — Map (db m314398) HM
[English] Premier of Saskatchewan (1905-1916) Walter Scott was born on a farm near Strathroy, Ontario in 1867. He came to the North-West Territories in 1886 and was elected to federal politics in 1900 . . . — — Map (db m314331) HM
To the Glorious Memory of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the 28th (North West) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force who fell in the Great European War 1914-1918. Perpetuated by 1st Battalion The Regina Rifle Regiment. To . . . — — Map (db m314356) WM
Parsons Construction and Engineering Company of Regina erected the building in 1911-12 for the Western Trust Company. It is located on the site of Regina’s first fire hall (1888), which shared property with the City’s original Town Hall (1886). It . . . — — Map (db m314429) HM
