The license plates boast of being the “Land of Living Skies,” but everyone knows that’s just an optimistic euphemism for “It’s Really Flat Here.” Flatness is a point of local pride, really. Heck, if you’ve spent any time in Saskatchewan—and we’re talking more than fifteen minutes gassing up the car in Moose Jaw—you’ve heard a variation of the province’s unofficial joke: “I know my dog ran away…because I watched him for three days.” Connoisseurs, however, know that Saskatchewan is home to many breath-taking elevations. Well, at least five.

 

HEIGHT-OF-LAND TOWER (10 m)

Celebrating the demarcation of Saskatchewan’s northern and

southern watersheds.The View:

Trees, lakes.

 

COCHIN LIGHT (11.5 m)

A fully-functioning, completely unnecessary, lighthouse.

The View: Grass, lakes.

 

 

DUCK LAKE REGIONAL

INTERPRETIVE CENTRE (24 m)

Observation tower overlooking

the site of the bloody 1885

North-West Rebellion.

The View: Grass.

 

CYPRESS HILLS (600 m)

“The highest point of land between

the Rockies and Labrador.”

The View: Trees. Grass.

Trees and grass.

 

 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS AT LEBRET

(halfway to heaven)

Fourteen crosses, one hill, good times.

The View: Church spires (far), a lake (medium), wheezing pilgrims (close).

Also some grass. And trees.