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South East Region AAFC Shelterbelt Centre
Cost: Free Hours of Operation: 8 am - 4:30 pm M-F (Tour/site accessibility is dependent on weather conditions and seasonal limitations.) Location: One mile south of Indian Head, SK Capacity: No Limit Contact: Reception Desk Phone: Toll Free: 1-866-766-2284 Fax: (306) 695-2568 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/shelterbelt.htm Click here to see map. The best day for a tour is on our regular Wednesday sale to give participants the full auction experience. Large groups of small children should tour on a non sale day for their safety. The tour will begin at the receiving gate and continue through the process we use to sell cattle, as well as the processing area where cattle are branded, dehorned, castrated, and vaccinated. The tour also includes history of livestock marketing and current programs and regulations. The tour ends in the sale ring to watch the sale in progress and a question and answer period. Questions are encouraged through the entire tour. Participants should be aware that the tour will be through the barn area and they should dress accordingly.
Cost: Free Hours of Operation: 8 am - 5 pm M-F Location: Yorkton Capacity: No limit Contact: Sheldon Nicholson Phone: (306) 783 9437 Fax: (306) 782 4110 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: Heartland Livestock Services Click here to see map. The Ravine Ecological Preserves consist of a 1.7 mile (2.8 km) hiking trail, part of which is a “floating boardwalk” that works its way through grassland, aquatic, and aspen parkland habitat. The parks mandate is to preserve the natural integrity of the site for passive recreational pursuits and ecological education. Through the aspen forest, songbirds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles make their home. Plants such as saskatoon berry, chokecherry, hazelnut, twining honeysuckle, and wood rose all present themselves to the hiker along the trail.
Cost: Free Hours of Operation: 8 am - 4 pm M-F April to October Location: Yorkton Capacity: 20 students Contact: Leisure Services Phone: (306) 786 1750 Fax: (306) 786 6880 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Click here to see map. Group tours of Shand Greenhouse are best arranged in advance. Please contact the Shand Greenhouse. A second option (only available June-August) is arranging a tour through the Estevan Tourism booth. When arranged through Estevan Tourism, tours include Shand Power Station and a coal mine.
Cost: Free Hours of Operation: 8 am - 4:30 pm M-F (may be possible on weekends if arrangements have been made in advance) Location: Estevan Capacity: 50 students Contact: Errin Park Phone: (306) 634 9771 Fax: (306) 634 6682 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: Sask Power Click here to see map. The Yorkton Western Development Museum has recreated the times and styles of some of the many immigrants who settled in Western Canada. For it was here that sons and daughters from more than fifty cultural backgrounds around the world left their ancestral soil to take up residence in this new and often frightening land. Outdoors, the challenge of turning sod is demonstrated in the line up of agricultural equipment, which includes the gigantic 1916 Twin city gas tractor, one of only two in North America. The Museum offers educational programs and teacher resources. Contact the museum for more information.
Cost: $1.25/student Hours of Operation: 9 am - 5 pm (this varies by season, please contact for full details) Location: Yorkton Capacity: 40 students Contact: Carla Madsen Phone: (306) 783 8361 Fax: (306) 782 1027 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: Western Development Museum Click here to see map. |