History

The Rodeo Ranch Museum is located in the Regional park.
A short drive or walk from the Wood Mountain Regional Park is the Old Post Provincial Historic Park.

Feel free to copy a photo to use elsewhere if you provide a link back to here and give credit to the original photographer. There are more pictures of the town shown in the Album.

Maps Map of Area (46Kb), Map of Parks (57Kb), Map of Canada (23Kb)  Wood Mountain is in south-central Saskatchewan, one kilometer from the junction of Highways 18, and 358. Please feel free to print these maps for your visit. Google Map of the area

The Assiniboia Times, Assiniboia Today, Triangle News Coronach, and Gravelbourg Tribune are three local independent newspapers.  There is SaskTel Fleet-Net coverage, and SaskTel Mobility network cell phone coverage.  FM radio reception (usually) requires a signal booster, but there are many dozens of AM radio stations to listen to.  On some nights, stations as far away as Calgary, AB can be tuned in.  There are 3 to 4 SDTV channels available (until August 31, 2011) to those without a satellite dish.  Cell phone coverage is now good to fair, and there are pay phones at the Regional Park, and in the Village at the Community Hall. Tower-based highspeed wireless Internet is available in the area.

There are a number of parks that you can visit while you are at Wood Mountain.
Wood Mountain Regional Park is only 5 minutes from the village. The Historic Park is 6 minutes away, and Grasslands National Park is 50 minutes south and west.

St. Victor's Petroglyphs Provincial Historic Park is an hour's drive away, as is Thomson Lake Regional Park where you can golf.


Gasoline and propane can be purchased in Limerick, Lafleche, Rockglen, and Assiniboia.  Opheim is the closest service station in the USA.  Some stations also sell Diesel fuel.


There are grocery stores and banks in Glentworth, Rockglen, Limerick, Assiniboia, and Lafleche.

Wood Mountain Regional Park usually has a vendor booth with camping basics and meals at some times of the Summer.  For more information about the Parks' services, please use the appropriate link listed above.


Medical services are available in Assiniboia, Lafleche, Rockglen, and Moose Jaw.  911 service is in effect for the Wood Mountain region.  RCMP are based in both Mankota and Assiniboia.


Economic, social, and investment information about Wood Mountain, and the greater area can be found at Red Coat REDA.

 

Roman Catholic Church, and formerly the United Church.   The Catholic Church once had its own building, but it was destroyed by an accidental fire in the late 1970s.  Since then, until ~2009 the two denominations worked together to maintain the building pictured above.	Holy Transfiguration[homepage] Romanian Orthodox Church[picture] saw major renovations to its exterior in 2002.

In the Village there are various churches to attend. There is the Alliance church service in the community hall, Roman Catholic Church, and Romanian Orthodox Church.

Our Stampede is the oldest continuous annual Rodeo in Canada. It has run since 1890.
This area has produced some World Rodeo Champions such as Mark Roy and Carl Olson. The 1996 Canadian High School Rodeo Saddle Bronc Champion, Clair Fitzpatrick, is also from Wood Mountain. Former Snowbirds Commander, and current MLA Yogi Huyghebaert came from Fir Mountain, a village not far from here.

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This page last updated June 7, 2011