Trivia

• A 2004 study on business operating costs, based on Western Canada, ranked Prince Albert NUMBER 1 (lowest cost) in Saskatchewan and in Western Canada!

• Fort a la Corne, is the center for Canadian diamond exploration and has one of the largest kimberlite fields in the world.

• Northern Saskatchewan has the world's richest uranium deposits and is the world's largest producer of uranium.

• Prince Albert is the center of Saskatchewan's Forest Industry.

• The Cree word for Prince Albert is kistapinanihk; which means “a great meeting place.”

• Prince Albert receives more than 2100 hours of sunlight per year, making it the sunniest place in Canada.

• Prince Albert receives roughly four feet of snow each year (but not all at once, of course!).

• Prince Albert has one of the most recognized civic cross country ski networks in Western Canada (located at Little Red River Park)

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