Saskatchewan prairies

Prairie fields with old fence in rural Saskatchewan

Moreland Saskatchewan - August 2023

The Great Regina Plain, Saskatchewan. The size of Canada's territory posed a tremendous task for the early surveyors. Following a system devised in 1871, consisting of townships 6 miles square, each containing 36 sections of 640 acres, the Dominion land surveyors began to lay out the huge prairie checker board. One third of the distance between the 49th and 60th parallels across the width of the prairies was completed by 1910. With only minor adjustments, these early survey lines remain…

Shot near Cabri, Saskatchewan, an hour or so before sunset. Cabri is a small town about a 45 minute drive northwest of Swift Current. The wheat looked so different to me from one field to the next. The changing clouds, light positions I stood in obviously made a difference. I love how the wheat looks even warmer here in the evening sun. www.mgreerphoto.blogspot.com

One morning on the Canadian prairie under a passing summer storm. Ian McGregor Photography Website | 500px | Twitter Thanks for the kind comments!

Sunrise in late October, on the Saskatchewan Prairie. This photo has been published in Prairies North Magazine - Winter 2013 Vol 15 No 4. Website | Facebook | 500px | Instagram | Twitter Thanks for the kind comments!

Saskatchewan prairie on a stormy day. Central Saskatchewan

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