Biggar, Saskatchewan
Biggar | ||
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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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State : | Canada | |
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