What is Regina like? Everyone wants to know.
Regina (re-GI-na; rhymes with 'angina,' not 'bambina'), the "Queen City," is the sunniest capital city in Canada. The city is noted for its clear, sunny days recording an average of 2,365 sunshine hours each year. Summers are typically warm and dry with long and usually sunny days. Winter days are short and usually sunny. Regina averages 30 blizzard hours and two full-fledged blizzards (lasting six hours or more) per year. Winter weather lasts from about mid-November to early March.
That's almost half the year. That's a long time.
Did I mention that there are TWO full-fledged blizzards per year? Full-fledged being the kind that last SIX HOURS or more.
Regina is very nearly straight up from the border between Montana and North Dakota. No, it isn't anywhere near Vancouver or Toronto. When you hear about all the movie-making going on in Canada, people are not talking about Regina.
Regina is the capital city of Saskatchewan, and close to the American border, where things are still quite civilized. Notice how the roads at the top of the province seem to dwindle down to nothing. No one knows what happens to people who drive out on those roads. Click on the map to enlarge it.
This Topographical map of Saskatchewan is taken from a report Chrystene did in grade seven. Check out that cool font! As you can see, except for the Cypress Hills in the southwest corner, the province is relatively flat, between 200 and 500 metres above sea level -- however, should Saskatchewan ever decide to change its geology, we are prepared with a scale that ranges from 2000 metres below sea level to 4000 metres above.
The population of Regina is roughly 220,000, and the population of the entire province of Saskatchewan is about 900,000 -- just a few more people than live in San Francisco. This Population density map is from the same seventh grade report, and shows that there are actually places in Saskatchewan where there are more than 50 persons per square mile. The population has changed a little since 1976 when this report was handed in to Miss Hedley (her actual name), but probably not too much. Rest assured, we will not be living in the area where the persons per square mile are "Less than one." We're not sure what that blob of 1-50 persons per square mile is in the northwest corner, but since that's one of those places where the roads have simply ended, we probably won't ever find out.
We are not moving to a wheat field, although when you look at these pictures you can see that Regina sits in the center of a rather large wheat field, the bread basket of Canada.
Regina is actually a city, with streets, houses, restaurants, theatres, bars, citizens, and even a capitol building.
During the summer it can get quite hot and dry, but the winters are notoriously rather brutal.
Still, a snowy day can be a peaceful backdrop for a creative Sunday afternoon.
Regina sits in the heart of the Great Plains "big sky country," and the surrounding area is wheat fields and prairie.
Regina is also in the tornado corridor. This is a picture of a tornado over Saskatchewan. It looks as though it is in one of those places where there is 1 to 50 persons per square mile, so hopefully as long as we stay in the city we won't be seeing anything like this.
This should be quite an adventure...
That's almost half the year. That's a long time.
Did I mention that there are TWO full-fledged blizzards per year? Full-fledged being the kind that last SIX HOURS or more.
Regina is very nearly straight up from the border between Montana and North Dakota. No, it isn't anywhere near Vancouver or Toronto. When you hear about all the movie-making going on in Canada, people are not talking about Regina.
Regina is the capital city of Saskatchewan, and close to the American border, where things are still quite civilized. Notice how the roads at the top of the province seem to dwindle down to nothing. No one knows what happens to people who drive out on those roads. Click on the map to enlarge it.
This Topographical map of Saskatchewan is taken from a report Chrystene did in grade seven. Check out that cool font! As you can see, except for the Cypress Hills in the southwest corner, the province is relatively flat, between 200 and 500 metres above sea level -- however, should Saskatchewan ever decide to change its geology, we are prepared with a scale that ranges from 2000 metres below sea level to 4000 metres above.
The population of Regina is roughly 220,000, and the population of the entire province of Saskatchewan is about 900,000 -- just a few more people than live in San Francisco. This Population density map is from the same seventh grade report, and shows that there are actually places in Saskatchewan where there are more than 50 persons per square mile. The population has changed a little since 1976 when this report was handed in to Miss Hedley (her actual name), but probably not too much. Rest assured, we will not be living in the area where the persons per square mile are "Less than one." We're not sure what that blob of 1-50 persons per square mile is in the northwest corner, but since that's one of those places where the roads have simply ended, we probably won't ever find out.
We are not moving to a wheat field, although when you look at these pictures you can see that Regina sits in the center of a rather large wheat field, the bread basket of Canada.
Regina is actually a city, with streets, houses, restaurants, theatres, bars, citizens, and even a capitol building.
During the summer it can get quite hot and dry, but the winters are notoriously rather brutal.
Still, a snowy day can be a peaceful backdrop for a creative Sunday afternoon.
Regina sits in the heart of the Great Plains "big sky country," and the surrounding area is wheat fields and prairie.
Regina is also in the tornado corridor. This is a picture of a tornado over Saskatchewan. It looks as though it is in one of those places where there is 1 to 50 persons per square mile, so hopefully as long as we stay in the city we won't be seeing anything like this.
This should be quite an adventure...
posted by Chrystene at 4:17 PM
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