Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, Canada and was incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903. Regina was proclaimed the capital on May 23, 1906 by the first provincial government led by Premier Walter Scott.

Wascana Centre

Wascana Centre is a 9.3 square kilometre (2,300 acre) park built around Wascana Lake. It is one of North America's largest urban parks - ahead of New York City Central Park 843 acres (3.4 km²) and Vancouver's Stanley Park 1,000 acres (4 km²), it includes a Waterfowl Park that provides a refuge for geese and other birds that do not fly south for the winter. Speakers' Corner on the north shore of Wascana Lake features gas lamps from London and birch trees from Runnymede Meadow where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215.

Related Topics:
Central Park - Stanley Park - Geese - London - King John - Magna Carta - 1215

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In the 1930s as part of a government relief project, 2,100 men widened and dredged Wascana Creek using only hand tools and horse-drawn wagons to form Wascana Lake. During the fall and winter of 2003-2004, Wascana Lake was drained and then dredged to deepen its depth by about 5 metres (16 ft), primarily to decrease weed growth during the summer months. The project also included general re-landscaping around the lake, including the addition of a new island. The dredging was completed in mid-March 2004, just in time for the spring runoff.

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2003 - 2004

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