Moose Jaw is the
fourth largest city in
Saskatchewan
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, Canada. Lying on the
Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the
Trans-Canada Highway
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, west of
Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by the
Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161.
Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and a critical railway junction for the area's agricultural produce.
CFB Moose Jaw is a
NATO
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flight training school and is home to the
Snowbirds, Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a
casino
A casino is a facility for gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shops, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos also host live entertainment, such as stand-up comedy, conce ...
and
geothermal spa.
History
Cree
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and
Assiniboine people
The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people ( when singular, Assiniboines / Assiniboins when plural; Ojibwe: ''Asiniibwaan'', "stone Sioux"; also in plural Assiniboine or Assiniboin), also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota (or Nak ...
used the Moose Jaw area as a winter encampment. The
Missouri Coteau sheltered the valley and gave it warm breezes. The narrow river crossing and abundant water and game made it a good location for settlement. Traditional native fur traders and
Métis
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buffalo hunters created the first permanent settlement at a place called "the turn," at present-day Kingsway Park, also known as the Kai Gauthier Park.
The confluence of the
Moose Jaw River and
Thunder Creek was chosen and registered in 1881 as a site for a division point for the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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(CPR), whose construction was significant in the
Confederation of Canada. The water supply there was significant for steam locomotives. Settlement began there in 1882, and the city was incorporated in 1903. The railways played an important role in the early development of Moose Jaw, with the city having both a
Canadian Pacific Railway Station and a
Canadian National Railway Station. A dam was built on the river in 1883 to create a year-round water supply.
Marked on a map as Moose Jaw Bone Creek in an 1857 survey by surveyor
John Palliser,
[
] two theories exist regarding how the city was named. The first is it comes from the
Plains Cree name ''moscâstani-sîpiy'' meaning "a warm place by the river", indicative of the protection from the weather the Coteau range provides to the river valley containing the city
[ Moose Jaw City Gov't website] and also the
Plains Cree word ''moscâs'', meaning warm breezes. The other is that the section of the Moose Jaw River that runs through the city is shaped like a
moose
The moose (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is also the tal ...
's jaw.
There is also an untrue story of the name being inspired by the
Earl of Dunmore
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The title Earl of Dunmore was created in 1686 for Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore, Lord Charles Murray, son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. The title passed down through genera ...
, for whom
Dunmore, Alberta is named, repairing his cart with the jawbone of a moose during his travels there.
The city was the site of the 1954 mid-air collision of
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9.
Military presence
The area surrounding Moose Jaw has many cloudless days, making it a good site for training pilots. The
Royal Canadian Air Force
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under the
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan established
RCAF Station Moose Jaw in 1940. After the war, the RCAF remained in the community and used the facility for training pilots through the
Cold War
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. The facility changed its name to
CFB Moose Jaw in 1968 and is now Canada's primary military flight training centre and the home of
431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron (aka the "Snowbirds").
CFB Moose Jaw's primary lodger unit is "15 Wing". In the
Royal Canadian Air Force
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, the lodger unit is often called 15 Wing Moose Jaw. The base usually holds an
Armed Forces Day each year.
The Saskatchewan Dragoons is a reserve armoured regiment with an armoury in the city's north end.
Royal presence
Many members of the
Royal Family
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The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term papal family describes the family of a pope, while th ...
have visited Moose Jaw.
Edward, Prince of Wales, who owned a ranch in
Pekisko, Alberta, visited in 1919, 1924, and 1927.
Prince Albert, future king and father of
Queen Elizabeth II
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, paid a visit in 1926.
King George VI and his wife
Queen Elizabeth (later known as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) visited during
the Royal tour in 1939. Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959 and returned on multiple separate occasions.
During his time as
Earl of Wessex,
Prince Edward became Colonel-in-Chief of the
Saskatchewan Dragoons of Moose Jaw on visiting Saskatchewan in 2003 when he congratulated the regiment on its "contribution to Canada's proud tradition of citizen-soldiers in the community." Involved in peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Croatia, the regiment has also provided aid during floods and forest fires in the prairies. The Prince returned to visit his regiment in 2006.
Prince Edward also inaugurated the Queen's Jubilee Rose Garden in Moose Jaw on his 2003 visit. Other royal connections to the city include King George School and Prince Arthur Community School, both named for royal family members before they shut down and combined to become Cornerstone Christian School. Additionally, the South Hill school was formerly named King Edward Elementary School.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth in 2022, an opinion piece in the ''National Post'' noted that the late monarch had "visited Moose Jaw more often than she did Manhattan. The former was part of her realms; the latter not. She was the Queen of Canada and chose to exercise that duty and serve her people over the perquisites of her position."
Climate
Moose Jaw's climate is transitional between
semiarid and
humid continental (
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* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
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''BSk'' and ''Dfb'', respectively). Moose Jaw's winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short but very warm and relatively wet. The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of , while the warmest is July, with a mean temperature of . The driest month is February, in which an average of of
precipitation
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falls, while the wettest month is July, which brings an average of . Annual average precipitation is .
The highest temperature recorded in Moose Jaw was on 5 July 1937.
The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 4 February 1907.
Government
Moose Jaw City Council consists of an elected mayor and six city councillors. From 1881 to 1903 the community was represented by a Town Council and after that by City Council.
Moose Jaw City Hall, on the 2nd floor at the old Moose Jaw Post Office (c. 1911), has been the council's home since the late 1960s
Provincially, the city is represented by two MLAs and federally by one MP.
Neighbourhoods
*Caribou Heights
*Churchill Park
*City View
*Crescent View
*Earnscliffe
*Fairview
*Grand View
*Hill Crest
*Iron Bridge
*Kingsway Park
*Lynbrook Heights
*Mooscana
*Morningside
*New Currie
*Palliser Heights
*Parkdale Boulevard
*Pleasant View
*Prairie Heights
*Old 96
*Regal Heights
*River Park
*River View
*Ross Park
*Rothesay Park
*Slater
*Sunningdale
*Sunnyside
*Tapley
*University
*University Heights
*Victoria Heights
*Wellesley Park
*WestHeath
*Westmore
*Westmount
*West Park
These neighbourhoods are divided into four community associations: South Hill, East Side, North West and Sunningdale/VLA/West Park.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Moose Jaw had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Ethnicity
Economy
Moose Jaw is a city of 33,000 at the intersection of the
Trans Canada Highway
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and
Highway 2.
A Snowbird aerobatic jet and Mac the Moose are large roadside attractions on the No. 1 highway at the tourist info center.
Moose Jaw Trolley Company (1912) offers trolley tours of Moose Jaw. Temple Garden's Mineral Spa, Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and
History of Transportation Western Development Museum. are major sites of interest.
The juncture of Moose Jaw and Thunder Creek produced the best source of water for steam engines, and Moose Jaw became the
CPR divisional point. Large-capacity concrete grain terminals are replacing the smaller grain elevators that were numerous along the highway, sentinels of most communities along the route. Improved harvest, transport and road construction technology have made the large inland terminals more economically viable. The rural governing body around Moose Jaw is
Moose Jaw No. 161, which serves 1,228 residents (2006 census) and includes the Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base. Meat-processing plants, salt, potash, urea fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia and ethanol producers abound in this area with easy transport access to the Trans–Canada Highway.
In 1917, a group of local residents banded together to purchase enough automobile parts to build 25 cars. These were to be manufactured under the name
Moose Jaw Standard. Each group member received a car, but no further buyers were found, and production did not continue.
Arts and culture
Visual Arts
The
Moose Jaw Art Guild is a community arts association of local artists dedicated to exhibiting, educating and fostering appreciation for visual arts.
Film
The city was profiled in ''
Moose Jaw: There's a Future in Our Past'', a 1992 documentary essay film by former city resident
Rick Hancox
Rick Hancox (born January 1, 1946) is a Canadian filmmaker and film studies academic. .
Museums
Moose Jaw is home to one of four
Saskatchewan Western Development Museums. The Moose Jaw WDM museum specializes in the history of transportation and has a
Snowbirds gallery.
The
Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum is south of Moose Jaw on
Sk Hwy 2. The car club at Moose Jaw agreed to the restoration of Tom Sukanen's ship at their museum site. Sukanen was a Finnish homesteader who settled near
Birsay and hoped to travel home again on a ship he assembled near the
South Saskatchewan River. The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum features a typical village replete with pioneer artifacts and tractors, cars and trucks restored by the Moose Jaw car club, and is run by volunteers.
The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery is located in Crescent Park at the centre of the downtown area, in the same facility as the Moose Jaw Public Library. The art gallery hosts community exhibits, travelling exhibits, and rotating exhibits from the gallery's permanent collection. The museum also has a heritage gallery, which curates and hosts exhibits on local history, including an upcoming "Pandemic Time Capsule" exhibit scheduled for Spring 2021. The Museum & Art Gallery also hosts classes and events.
2SLGBTQ culture
In 1978,
Anita Bryant visited Moose Jaw as part of the anti-gay
Save Our Children campaign. In response, approximately 85 members of the gay and lesbian community marched down Main St. to Crescent Park, where an estimated 150 people gathered to speak out against Bryant.
In 2008, the Gay and Lesbian Association of Moose Jaw (GLAMJ) requested and was granted the first official proclamation of Pride Week in Moose Jaw and raised the Rainbow Flag over Moose Jaw's City Hall for the first time. The city's first
pride parade
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since 1978 was held in 2015,
and similar parades have been held annually in late May or early June, usually from Main Street to Crescent Park.
Moose Jaw Pride is an
LGBT community
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organization incorporated as a non-profit in 2014. Moose Jaw Pride was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Pride Network, started in 2016,
which serves to connect and support
2SLGBTQ people in small communities across Saskatchewan, many of which do not have an established local pride organization.
Since 2019, Moose Jaw Pride has been working with local partners to promote Moose Jaw as a safe and attractive tourism destination for 2SLGBTQ people. 2SLGBTQ tourist attractions include a rainbow-coloured bench on Main Street, in front of the Rainbow Retro Thrift Shop, and a mural on the back of the Rainbow Retro building that depicts events and symbols from local 2SLGBTQ history, including representations of the Anita Bryant march, the Indigenous
two-spirit
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presence in Saskatchewan, the potluck and coffee social events that were central to 2SLGBTQ community development, and several landmark pride flag raisings.
Attractions
Tourist attractions include the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, The Moose Jaw Trolley, the
Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort, The
Western Development Museum,
Casino Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Yvette Moore Art Gallery, the Murals of Moose Jaw, and the historic downtown. Every July, the four-day
Saskatchewan Festival of Words showcases top Canadian writers from a wide variety of genres. The free three-day Sidewalk Days Festival draws tens of thousands to Main Street the weekend after Canada Day. The
Snowbirds flight demonstration team is based at
CFB Moose Jaw, south of Moose Jaw in
Bushell Park, where the now defunct
airshow was performed every summer. It will be brought back in 2019.
Moose Jaw has many parks. Crescent Park is located in downtown. It features a creek, picnic tables, a library, an art museum, a playground, an outdoor swimming pool,
water park, a tennis court,
lawn bowling field and an
amphitheatre
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. Casino Moose Jaw and Temple Gardens Mineral Spa are across Fairford St. E. and 1st Ave. NE. from Crescent Park. "Wakamow Valley" follows the
Moose Jaw River and features both natural and maintained areas. There are many trails throughout the park for hiking and cycling, including picnic tables, barbecues, and four playgrounds. There is also an
RV park, Lorne Calvert Campground, formerly known as River Park Campground, which was founded in 1927 and is the longest-running campground in North America. Canoe and kayak rentals are available across the road from the campground. The Moose Jaw Canoe and Kayak Club has been around since the late '90s and is inside the campground.
Old Wives Lake, a
saline lake is 30 km southwest of the city on
Highway 363.
Buffalo Pound Lake a
eutrophic prairie lake is 28 km north on
Highway 2.
Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is on the south shore and can be accessed by
Highway 202 and
Highway 301.
Tunnels of Moose Jaw
The tunnels present two tour attractions: ''Passage to Fortune'' and ''The Chicago Connection''. While ''Passage to Fortune'' is construed by many visitors to be historically accurate, there is no evidence to suggest that Chinese Canadians lived in the tunnels of the tours outside of minimal anecdotal testimonies. Historically accurate information such as the
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a United States Code, United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law made exceptions for travelers an ...
,
Chinese Head Tax and the case of
Quong Wing v R which occurred at the site of 1 Main street across the location of the tunnels are mentioned throughout the tour. However, ''Passage to Fortune'' also circulates misinformation about Chinese Canadians in Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw Tour attendees are called "
Coolie
Coolie (also spelled koelie, kouli, khuli, khulie, kuli, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a pejorative term used for low-wage labourers, typically those of Indian people, Indian or Chinese descent.
The word ''coolie'' was first used in the 16th cent ...
s" at an early stage of the tour. Tour attendees are then guided through the tunnels from the position of Chinese workers indentured to the fictional laundry owner Mr. Burrows who were forced to live underground. In actuality, early Chinese Canadians were often proprietors of their own laundries, a labour-intensive industry many found themselves in due to prejudice barring them from entering other industries. In 1890, the first Chinese business opened in Moose Jaw, was a Chinese laundry. in 1908, nine laundries can be found in the City directory, with eight businesses notably Chinese-run.
The tunnels became a hub of renewed activity in the 1920s for
rum-running during
Prohibition in the United States
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. They were reported to have warehoused illegal alcohol that was shipped to the U.S. via the
Soo Line Railroad. The tunnels were also used for gambling and prostitution, all without interference from the corrupt police.
There has long been anecdotal evidence that American mobster
Al Capone visited Moose Jaw or had interests in the bootlegging operations. No written or photographic proof exists of Capone's presence, but several firsthand accounts from Moose Javians who claim to have met him have been documented. Capone's grandniece also confirmed he had been in Moose Jaw before his 1931 conviction for tax evasion. In the 21st century, the city capitalized on this notoriety to restore the tunnel network into the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, a tourist attraction that opened in June 2000. The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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, however, states that there is no "evidence that he ever set foot on Canadian soil."
Sports and recreation
As in most Canadian cities,
hockey has played a large part in Moose Jaw's sporting culture. Baseball has also been essential to Moose Jaw since its early days; the city won the territorial championship in 1895. Most recently, the 2004 Junior All-Star team (age 13/14) won the Canadian Championship and became the first team from Saskatchewan to win a game at the
Little League World Series
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.
Notable Moose Jaw teams include:
*
Moose Jaw Warriors,
Western Hockey League
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team
*
Moose Jaw Storm,
Division 2 Soccer team
*
Moose Jaw Miller Express,
Western Major Baseball League team
*
Moose Jaw Mustangs,
Prairie Gold Lacrosse League team
* Moose Jaw Rotary Track Club,
Track and Field
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and
cross country club
* Lil Chicago Roller Derby's Moose Jaw Jaw Breakers - Women's Flat Track Roller Derby
*
Moose Jaw Chiefs
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,
Prairie Gold Lacrosse League Senior team
Defunct sports teams
* Moose Jaw Robin Hoods, senior hockey team and Western Canada League baseball team (1909–21)
* Moose Jaw Maple Leafs, senior hockey team (1919–1923)
*
Moose Jaw Maroons,
Prairie Hockey League team (1926–28)
*
Moose Jaw Canucks,
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
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Open to North American-born players 20 years o ...
team (1935–1984)
* Moose Jaw Generals, senior hockey team, winner of the
Hardy Cup in 1985
* Moose Jaw Diamond Dogs,
Prairie League baseball team (1995–1997)
* Moose Jaw Millers,
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union (
Canadian football
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) team (? – c. 1941)
Sports events held by Moose Jaw include:
*
2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Education
Local institutions include five high schools and 15 elementary schools. The schools are in the Prairie South School Division and the Holy Trinity Catholic Schools.
''École Ducharme'' offers preschool to grade 12 and is Moose Jaw's only Francophone school.
''École fransaskoise de Moose Jaw'' offers
French Immersion
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from preschool to grade 9.
Moose Jaw is also home to a campus of
Saskatchewan Polytechnic.
Infrastructure
Health care
Moose Jaw Union Hospital, part of the Five Hills Health Region, was the primary health care provider for the city since 1948, but closed in 2015 and was replaced by Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in the city's northeast end. The new location was partly picked for its proximity to the Trans-Canada Highway. The Wigmore Hospital uses LEAN methodology to save time and money in healthcare.
Security
The
Moose Jaw Fire Department (est. 1906) is a 57-member fire and rescue service that provides fire suppression to the city and
CFB Moose Jaw. It has two stations, North Hill Fire Station (Headquarters) and South Hill Fire Station. It is also contracted out to
CFB Moose Jaw to provide structural fire suppression services.
Ambulatory (EMS) services are provided by
Five Hills Health Region, which operates an EMS station in Moose Jaw; non-emergency services are provided by
St. John Ambulance
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.
The Moose Jaw Police Service, with 54 sworn members, provides policing for the city and holds both municipal and provincial jurisdiction in partnership with the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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.
Transportation
Moose Jaw Transit provides local bus service to urban areas of the city. This small system operates four routes from a downtown hub on weekdays between 7:15am and 6:15pm
The bus fleet was replaced in 2008 by new low-floor accessible vehicles under the federal government's one-time public transit capital funding program.
Moose Jaw Municipal Airport is east-northeast of Moose Jaw.
CFB Moose Jaw's airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport.
Moose Jaw has four photo radar cameras, including two which operate on the TransCanada Highway passing through the city.
Media
Print
*''Moose Jaw Express,'' With two publications, a local weekly newspaper and a Weekend edition
Radio
*800
AM —
CHAB
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, oldies (''800 CHAB''),
Golden West Broadcasting
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*100.7
FM —
CILG-FM, country music (''Country 100''),
Golden West Broadcasting
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*103.9 FM —
CJAW-FM, adult contemporary (''Mix 103''),
Golden West Broadcasting
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*Moose Jaw's Rock Station The Buzz,
The Buzz Digital Radio Network, Digital Radio Broadcaster, Active Rock,(''TheBuzzRocks.ca''),
Pearl Creek Media
Television
*SNN : Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan News Network Digital TV Broadcaster, Local & Provincial News,(''SaskNews.net''),
Pearl Creek Media
*The only terrestrial broadcast television station local to Moose Jaw is CKMJ-TV channel 7, an analogue repeater of
CTV station
CKCK-DT
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Regina. Moose Jaw was previously served by
CHAB-TV
CHAB-TV (channel 4) was a television station in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The station signed on the air on July 7, 1959, under the ownership of CHAB Ltd., the parent company of Moose Jaw radio station CHAB (AM), CHAB. It was originally ...
, a television station that existed from 1959 to 1969. Digital terrestrial TV is available over the air from
Regina, Saskatchewan
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*In the
Series pilot for ''
Due South'', it is revealed that the character
Benton Fraser once worked in Moose Jaw.
*In the Animated Series ''
Atomic Betty'', this city is where it is set under the name "Moose Jaw Heights."
*In the Series,
Corner Gas,
S5 E14 - Contagious Fortune, in an attempt to cover over up his pink eye, Brent claims to have swum at the Moose Jaw swimming pool.
Film
*In the musical
The Apple (1980 film), the main characters Alphie and Bibi are originally from Moose Jaw.
Notable people
*
Siera Bearchell, Miss Universe Canada 2016, Born and raised in Moose Jaw.
*
J. G. Ballard, English novelist and short story writer
*
Randy Black, former drummer for
Primal Fear and
Annihilator
*
Mike Blaisdell, former
National Hockey League
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player
*
Ray Boughen, former mayor, former
Member of Parliament for the riding of
Palliser
*
Lorne Calvert,
Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
of Saskatchewan (2001–2007)
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Earl Cameron (broadcaster)
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Roger Carter, former Dean of the
University of Saskatchewan College of Law; born in Moose Jaw.
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Dana Claxton (filmmaker, photographer, performance artist)
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Reggie Cleveland,
World Series
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-starting baseball
pitcher
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* Ben Coakwell, Canadian Olympic bobsledder
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Burton Cummings, musician
* Bill Davies, former
MLA for Moose Jaw, member of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...
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Scott Deibert, former
Canadian football
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player
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Phyllis Dewar,
Olympic swimmer
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Ken Doraty, former National Hockey League player
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Emile Francis, former National Hockey League player and coach
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Lisa Franks,
Paralympic athlete
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Clark Gillies, former National Hockey League player
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Peter Gzowski
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resided in Moose Jaw in 1957
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Adam Hadwin, professional golfer
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Ken Kelly,
Paralympic athlete and silver medal winner (1996 Atlanta Games)
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Roy Kiyooka, Canadian Poet
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Joy Kogawa, author and poet
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Bill Lesuk, played in the
NHL
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for the
Boston Bruins
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,
Philadelphia Flyers
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,
Los Angeles Kings
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,
Washington Capitals
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, and in the
WHA with the
Winnipeg Jets
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Art Linkletter, radio and television host of
Art Linkletter's House Party
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Reed Low, former National Hockey League player
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Bud McCaig, co-owner of the
Calgary Flames
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*
Mike Mintenko, Olympic swimmer
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David Mitchell,
National Lacrosse League
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...
player
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Ken Mitchell, author, member of the Order of Canada
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Scott Munroe,
American Hockey League
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player
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Fergie Olver,
Toronto Blue Jays
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broadcaster
* Jack Reddick, Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion boxer
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Chico Resch, former National Hockey League goalie
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Arthur Slade,
Governor General's Award
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The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...
-winning author
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Doug Smail, former National Hockey League player
[Legends of Hockey]
Doug Smail
Retrieved on 6 March 2009
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Levi Steinhauer, CFL player
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George Swarbrick, former National Hockey League player
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Ross Thatcher, former Premier Province of Saskatchewan (1964–1971).
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Geoffrey Ursell, writer
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Glen Sonmor, former NHL coach.
See also
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Monarchy in Saskatchewan
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Wakamow Valley Authority
References
Explanatory notes
Further reading
Earl of Wessex Visits Saskatchewan Regiment (2003)Racist and other organized criminal organizations in Moose Jaw
External links
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{{Authority control
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Cities in Saskatchewan
Populated places established in 1903
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