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71 km southeast of Regina and 175 km north of the Canada/U.S. border.

71 km southeast of Regina and 175 km north of the Canada/U.S. border. M o ose Jaw sits at the crossroads of Canada's most traveled highway, the Trans Canada Highway, and Highway 2. The First People: Aboriginals. Originally settled for fur trading amongst aboriginal people

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71 km southeast of Regina and 175 km north of the Canada/U.S. border.

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  1. 71 km southeast of Regina and 175 km north of the Canada/U.S. border. • Moose Jaw sits at the crossroads of Canada's most traveled highway, the Trans Canada Highway, andHighway 2.

  2. The First People: Aboriginals

  3. Originally settled for fur trading amongst aboriginal people • Physical geography provided the optimal land • Winter encampment for both Cree and Assiniboine nations

  4. Permanent Settlement • First  homestead established by James Hamilton Ross, Hector Sutherland and three others on January 2nd, 1882. • Ross established a homestead four days later to become the first permanent resident of the city.

  5. The CPR in Relation to the Chinese • The Canadian government needed cheap labour in large quantities • The Chinese immigrants were willing to work for long hours for insignificant wages

  6. Chinese Immigrants

  7. The Underground Tunnels

  8. The Big Boom

  9. Rapid settlement as prominence of Western Canada grew • This triggered a commercial and industrial boom

  10. Gained city status in November 1903

  11. The End Result… • Became main distributor for large trading area • In wheat belt and began processing agricultural products • The railway connections east, west and south drew numerous manufacturing industries and identified Moose Jaw as the leading industrial center of the province.

  12. Canadian Pacific Railway

  13. 1st train into Moose JawDecember,1882

  14. Agriculture, of course Agriculture, of course imgres

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  17. Major Economic Industries around Moose Jaw • mineral (nitrogen-based) fertilizers • concentrated phosphate and potash • salt products • renewable fuels (ethanol) • liquid fertilizers • petroleum 18

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  19. Canadian Forces NATO Flying Training Plan

  20. Geothermal Spa 21

  21. Historical geography of Moose Jaw contributes to today’s economy by generating tourism revenue • Tunnels of Moose Jaw • Chicago Connection • Passage to Fortune • Canadian Western Development Museum • Heritage sites • close to half a million visitors per year 22

  22. Moose Jaw Saskatchewan

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