Prairies North Magazine Winter 1999 Back Issue

Architecture: Foundations of Learning -- New communities of settlers in the early 1900s worked hard for the one-room schoolhouse that secured a town's place on the map. The 5,000 schools that were ultimately built in Saskatchewan, though often unused now, remain a touchstone for memories of a different time; Geology: The Hills That Shouldn't Exist -- The Cypress Hills tower over south western Saskatchewan as the highest point between the Rockie Mountains and Labrador. Geologists consider the hills an abnormality, a bounty of spectacular scenery and wildlife that should be as flat as the prairie around them; In the Sky: The Dog Days of Winter -- Brilliant winter sun and icy skies make a spectacular cold weather rainbow; Art and Artisans: As the Wood Turns -- Saskatoon woodturners step into international fame by taking a time-honored craft into the world of art; Wildlife: Viridis Viridis, Wherefore Art Thou? -- Searching for the rattlesnake in Grasslands National Park requires equal measures of caution and patience. The rattler simply doesn't want to be found.