Lloydminster, SK Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Some 140km northwest of the Battlefords you hit the Alberta–Saskatchewan border, and the drab city of LLOYDMINSTER , which was founded in 1903 by a group of two thousand British pioneers known as the Barr colonists. A major attraction is the Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre , located in Weaver Park beside the Yellowhead at 44th Street and 45th Avenue (mid-May to early Sept daily 10am–8pm; early Sept to mid-May Wed–Fri noon–5pm, Sat & Sun 1–5pm; $3.50), and even this is scarcely pulse-racing – a small display on the founders, together with a couple of art galleries and a … more »