Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province. CFB Moose Jaw is a NATO flight training school, and is home to the Snowbirds, Canada’s military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team.
About Moose Jaw in brief
Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, 77 km west of Regina. The city is an industrial centre and important railway junction for the area’s agricultural produce. CFB Moose Jaw is a NATO flight training school, and is home to the Snowbirds, Canada’s military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. The Saskatchewan Dragoons are a reserve armoured regiment with an armoury in the city’s north end. Moose Jaw’s winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short, but very warm and dry. The driest month is February, which has an average of 11 millimetres of precipitation, while the wettest is July, with a mean temperature of 19 °C. The climate is transitional between semi-idid and humid continental semi-arid and semi-dry continental semiarid. The area surrounding Moose Jaw has a high number of cloudless days, making it a good site for training pilots. In the Royal Canadian Air Force the lodger unit is often called 15 Wing Moose Jaw, and the base usually holds an Armed Forces Day each year. The Earl of Wessex became Colonel-in-Chief of the SaskatchewanDragoons of Moose Jaw on visiting Saskatchewan in 2003, when he congratulated the regiment on its contribution to Canada’s proud tradition of citizen-soldiers in the community. Other royal connections to the city include King Arthur Community School and King Edward Elementary School, both named for members of the royal family.
Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959, and has come to theCity a few times since. The Prince of Wales, who owned a ranch in Pekisko, Alberta, visited in 1919, 1924, and 1927. King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth visited during the Royal tour in 1939, and returned to visit his regiment in 2006. The Canadian Pacific Railway played an important role in the early development of the city, with the city having both a Canadian Pacific railway Station and a Canadian National Railway Station. A dam was built on the river in 1883 to create a year-round water supply. The Moose Jaw River that runs through the city is shaped like a moose’s jaw, meaning the city was named after a warm place by the river and also the Plains Cree word moose gaw, meaning warm breezes. The Missouri Coteau range provides protection from the weather the river valley containing the city and also a name for the city. It was used as a division point for the CanadianPacific Railway, whose construction was significant in the Confederation of Canada. After the war, the facility changed its name to RCAF Station Moose Jaw in 1968 and is now Canada’s primary military flight training centre and the home of 431 Squadron. The town has a casino and geothermal spa. The mean temperature in July is 19°C while the mean temperatures in January is −12°C, while the coolest month is January.
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