Biggar, Saskatchewan
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 Biggar main street |
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| Motto : "New York is big, but this is Biggar." | |||
| Location in Saskatchewan | |||
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| Province : | Saskatchewan | ||
| Rural municipality: | Biggar No. 347 | ||
| Coordinates : | 52 ° 4 ′ N , 107 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 2033 (as of 2006) | ||
| Time zone : | Central Time ( UTC − 6 ) | ||
| Mayor : | Raymond Sadler | ||
| Website : | www.townofbiggar.com | ||
Biggar ( Town of Biggar ) is a city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan .
It is the birthplace of the Olympic curling champion Sandra Schmirler of the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano .
Biggar stops three times a week on the transcontinental luxury train The Canadian .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Patrick Baum (* 1981), Canadian-German ice hockey player
- Sandra Schmirler (1963-2000), curler
- Rodney Sharman (* 1958), composer, flautist and music teacher
- Craig Streu (* 1968), Canadian-German ice hockey player
Web links
Commons : Biggar - collection of images, videos and audio files
Cities in Saskatchewan
Estevan | Flin Flon | Humboldt | Lloydminster | Martensville | Meadow Lake | Melfort | Melville | Moose Jaw | North Battleford | Prince Albert | Regina | Saskatoon | Swift Current | Warman | Weyburn | Yorkton