| Lying in the middle of the prairie province | | | | As a result of this deposit, the world's |
| of Saskatchewan is the largest city in the | | | | largest potash producer, PotashCorp, has |
| province (as of 2007 estimates), Saskatoon. | | | | their headquarters in the city. |
| Toronto Methodists who were advocating an | | | | |
| alcohol free city first established the | | | | Oil |
| Saskatoon in 1883. The city has blossomed | | | | |
| since that time, in large part due to | | | | Massive forests once covered the prairie |
| strategic location, close to several | | | | regions of Canada, which includes all of |
| resources important to Canada. | | | | Saskatchewan as well as most of Alberta and a |
| | | | small corner of northern British Columbia. |
| An interesting fact about Saskatoon is that | | | | These forests were pushed underground by |
| it has quite a few different nicknames. Some | | | | large glaciers during the Ice Age, and as |
| are self explanatory, such as "City of | | | | they decomposed they became oil, the fuel |
| Bridges". Slightly less clear is the nickname | | | | that drives the world. |
| "Paris of the Prairies", and the name | | | | |
| "Toontown" has also been popularly used after | | | | Saskatoon is located quite close to several |
| the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit (which used | | | | large oil reserves. While not as large as |
| a similarly named location) came out. | | | | neighbouring Alberta's supplies, the oil |
| | | | fields in Saskatchewan provide a substantial |
| Lying halfway between the evident nicknames | | | | boost to the local economy. |
| and the unexplained is Saskatoon's fourth | | | | |
| nickname, POW. This nickname is in fact | | | | Wheat |
| tribute to the natural resources that have | | | | |
| made up such a large part of Saskatoon's | | | | One needs only to look around the province to |
| economy throughout its history. Let's take a | | | | see why wheat makes up the third part of the |
| look at these three resources and why they | | | | city's nickname. While not as important to |
| are important to this city. | | | | the economy anymore as potash or even oil, |
| | | | many outlying areas of Saskatoon are big |
| Potash | | | | wheat producers. In addition, Saskatoon was |
| | | | known as "Hub City" as it was here where |
| Without doubt, Saskatoon's biggest claim to | | | | farmers brought (and still bring) the year's |
| fame when it comes to availability of | | | | harvest for shipping. |
| resources, are the potash reserves located | | | | |
| all around the area. In fact, Saskatoon lies | | | | The nickname POW was applied to Saskatoon for |
| directly along a very long deposit of | | | | only a couple of decades, but it is |
| potassic chernozem, with almost two thirds of | | | | nevertheless a good indication of the city, |
| the world's recoverable potash located in the | | | | it's economy, and the jobs that can be found |
| region! | | | | there. |
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