Community
Tourism & Recreation
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The Town of Rosthern tourist booth is located at the junction of Highways 11 & 312. The booth is manned on weekends in May and June and 7 days a week in July & August. Booth open partial daytime hours.
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the summer months, the Valley Regional Park is a popular
destination, with its much acclaimed 18 hole grass green golf
course, camping facilities, playground and miniature golf. Residents
and guests of Rosthern visit the Station Arts Centre renowned
for its season of concerts, concert dinners, and special events. |
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The Seager Wheeler Farm is a national historic site celebrating 100 years of change in agriculture.
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Petite Ville Restoration Foundation Inc. is a historic Metis pristine settlement predating Batoche. The site is under the restoration process opening the summer of 2000.
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 Photograph courtesy Ruth Fisher
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The annual Town and Country Fair, local museums and historical sites, Shekinah Retreat Centre (near Waldheim), are among other popular visitor destinations.
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The Town of Rosthern Centennial Park and Valley Aquatic Centre, is host to ball tournaments, fairs, cultural demonstrations, gymkhana and rodeos, and community activities.
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The
Rosthern Mennonite Youth Farm Bible Camp provides summer
camping experiences for all ages and all abilities.
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The Mennonite Heritage Museum displays a wide variety of artifacts and histories of local pioneers and heroes giving visitors a fascinating view of Mennonite pioneer life and culture over the last century.
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The Town of Rosthern Jubilee Sports Centre boasts artificial ice in the arena and three sheets of artificial curling ice. The arena has capabilities of seating 1000 people, has a concrete floor making the facility host to events year round and offers a full concession.
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Activities in and around Rosthern include:
Recreation:
Sight
Seeing:
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National
historic site: Seager Wheeler Farm
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Mennonite
Heritage Museum
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Station
Arts Centre Gallery
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Shekinah
Retreat Centre (near Waldheim)
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Petite
Ville
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Duck Lake Outdoor Gallery
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Lady of Lourdes Shrine (norh of Duck Lake)
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Saskatchewan River Valley Museum in Hague
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Hepburn Museum of Wheat
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Batoche National Historical Site
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Fort Carlton Provincial Historic Park
Events
and Entertainment:
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Rosthern
Town and Country Fair - August long weekend annually
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Demolition
derby
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Livestock
events
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Team
penning
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Horticultural
and domestic displays
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Slo-pitch ball tournament
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Parade
and barbecue
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Grandstand
show and fireworks
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World tractor pull
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Fruit festival, Heritage Day, Canada Day at the Seager Wheeler
Farm
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Concerts,
plays and fine dining at the Station Arts Centre
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Dinner
theaters and musicals at Rosthern Junior College
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Drama
productions at Rosthern High School
