Centennial Monument - Queen Elizabeth II Gardens - Regina, SK
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N 50° 26.024 W 104° 36.917
13U E 527322 N 5586927
The Queen Elizabeth II Gardens were dedicated in 2005 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Province of Saskatchewan.
Waymark Code: WMQ5NZ
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 12/25/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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A plaque in the gardens includes information in English and French. The English text reads:

Queen Elizabeth II Gardens
dedicated by
Her Majesty The Queen
18 May 2005
on the occasion of the
Centennial
of the
Province of Saskatchewan
1905-2005

The following information about the Province of Saskatchewan is from Wikipedia:

"On September 1, 1905, Saskatchewan became a province, with inauguration day held September 4. The Dominion Lands Act permitted settlers to acquire one quarter of a square mile of land to homestead and offered an additional quarter upon establishing a homestead. Immigration peaked in 1910, and in spite of the initial difficulties of frontier life – distance from towns, sod homes, and backbreaking labour – new settlers established a European-Canadian style of prosperous agrarian society.

In 1913, the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association was established as Saskatchewan's first ranchers' organization. At its founding convention in 1913, the members established three goals: to watch over legislation; to forward the interests of the stock growers in every honourable and legitimate way; and to suggest to parliament legislation to meet changing conditions and requirements. Its farming equivalent, the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association, was the dominant political force in the province until the 1920s; it had close ties with the governing Liberal party.

In the late 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan, imported from the United States and Ontario, gained brief popularity in nativist circles in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Klan, briefly allied with the provincial Conservative party because of their mutual dislike for Premier James G. "Jimmy" Gardiner and his Liberals (who ferociously fought the Klan), enjoyed about two years of prominence. It declined and disappeared, subject to widespread political and media opposition, plus internal scandals involving the use of the organization's funds.

In 1970, the first annual Canadian Western Agribition was held in Regina. This farm-industry trade show, with its strong emphasis on livestock, is rated as one of the five top livestock shows in North America, along with those in Houston, Denver, Louisville and Toronto.

The province celebrated the 75th anniversary of its establishment in 1980, with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, presiding over the official ceremonies. In 2005, 25 years later, her sister, Queen Elizabeth II, attended the events held to mark Saskatchewan's centennial."

Subject: State/Province

Commemoration: 100th Anniversary

Date of Founding: 1905

Date of Commemoration: May 18, 2005

Address:
2405 Legislative Drive Regina, SK S4S 0B3 Canada


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