Saskatchewan – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 20:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Saskatchewan – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Maps Reveal Extent of Land Privatization in Traditional Territories https://www.maproomblog.com/2023/08/maps-reveal-extent-of-land-privatization-in-traditional-territories/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 20:50:33 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1817716 More]]>

New maps show the extent to which the Saskatchewan government has been privatizing or leasing public land near indigenous reserves. First Nations in the province are unhappy to discover that those lands—the subject of ongoing negotiations with the government—are no longer available for their traditional use. CBC Saskatchewan has the story (also see video above; the centre responsible for the maps has not posted them online).

]]> 1817716 McPhee’s Maps of Alberta and Saskatchewan https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/09/mcphees-maps-of-alberta-and-saskatchewan/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:37:54 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1808864 More]]> Thumbnails of Alex McPhee's maps of Alberta and SaskatchewanAlex McPhee’s ridiculously detailed map of Alberta, which included things like the area burned in the 2016 Fort McMurray fire and the province’s Hutterite colonies, came out in print form—specifically, in the form of a 42″×68″ wall map—last year. Now he’s done it again: a similarly detailed 36″×66″ wall map of his home province of Saskatchewan, which he’s just sent to the printer. Each map starts at $60.

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