[sa-skach-uh-won, -wuh
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| 1. | a province in W Canada. 907,650; 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina. |
| 2. | a river in SW Canada, flowing E to Lake Winnipeg: formed by the junction of the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers. 1205 mi. (1940 km) long. |
| Sas·katch·e·wan (sā-skāch'ə-wän', -wən) A province of south-central Canada. The French established trading posts in the area c. 1750, but the first permanent settlement was made by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1774. The region became part of the Northwest Territories in 1870, joining the Confederation in 1905. Regina is the capital. Population: 968,000. |
Province in west-central Canada, bordered to the north by the Northwest Territories, to the east by Manitoba, to the south by North Dakota and Montana, and to the west by Alberta. Its capital and largest city is Regina.
Note: Some of the world's largest wheat fields grow on Saskatchewan's vast unbroken prairie.