Swift Current

Swift Current
	Nickname : Speedy Creek
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	Motto : Where life makes sense!
Location in Saskatchewan
	Swift Current
	Swift Current
State :	Canada
Province :	Saskatchewan
Region:	Census Division No. 8th
Rural municipality:	Swift Current No. 137
Coordinates :	50 ° 17 ′ N , 107 ° 46 ′ W Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ N , 107 ° 46 ′ W
Height :	817 m
Area :	16,604 km²
Residents :	15,048 (as of 2009)
Population density :	0.9 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Central Time ( UTC − 6 )
Postal code :	S9H
Foundation :	1881
Mayor :	Denis Perrault
Website :	www.swiftcurrent.ca

Swift Current is a small town on the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway in southwest Saskatchewan .

etymology

The place Swift Current is named after the creek Swift Current Creek , on which it lies. The name Swift Current derives from kisiskâciwan from, what in the language of the Cree as much as it flows quickly ( english it flows swiftly ) is called. When the first white settlers set foot in the area in the 18th century, they first translated the name of the stream into French as Rivière au Courant , and later into English as Swift Current .

history

The place was founded in 1881 with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway . The first settlers who arrived in the spring of 1883 initially made their living from the construction of the railway and its outbuildings. There were also ten sheep ranchers with a total of 20,000 sheep. During the Riel Rebellion in 1885, the site was briefly a military base. After the status as at February 4, 1904 village was awarded, followed on 15 March 1907, the status of town and finally on 15 January 1914, the current status of city .

Lyric

The theater in the center of Swift Current

The Lyric is Saskatchewan's oldest theater . It was built in Swift Current in 1912 for $ 50,000. There are advertising posters from the 1920s on the north and south sides of the building. Initially, entertainment from the field of vaudeville was performed here, later the house was used as a cinema . A bar and night club were established in the 1980s . In 2005 the theater was purchased by the non-profit Southwest Cultural Development Group in order to maintain it. It is still used for cultural events such as B. Chautauqua in July 2008 or Open Micro Nights.

Sports

Swift Current is the origin of the Swift Current Broncos ice hockey club , which plays in the Western Hockey League . There is also the Swift Current Rampage as a boxing lacrosse club.

The 2010 Women's Curling World Championship was held at Swift Current from March 20-28 .

Personalities

Dorothy Walton (1909-1981), badminton player
Fred Wah (* 1939), poet, writer and former university professor
Lorna Crozier (* 1948), poet, writer and university lecturer
Lynda Haverstock (* 1948), politician
Darcy Regier (* 1957), ice hockey player and general manager
Mark Lamb (* 1964), ice hockey player and coach
Brad Wall (* 1965), politician and entrepreneur
Darrel Scoville (born 1975), ice hockey player
Boyd Kane (born 1978), ice hockey player
Patrick Marleau (* 1979), ice hockey player
Travis Moen (* 1982), ice hockey player