Travel Blogs from Moose Jaw, Canada
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The Jaw
... tunnels where we heard the story of Chinese immigrants who used to live and work here in the early 1900s. Historic downtown Moose Jaw has really nice architecture, beautiful murals, trendy shops, and very tempting eateries. We had a late lunch at ...
Moose Jaw - home of ye old gangstas like Al Capone
Continuing through the prairies I found the landscape to be fairly similar to the initial leg, although a tiny bit flatter. I arrived in Moose Jaw much earlier than other campgrounds (not willing to chance the fact that it was a long weekend and that the ...
The drive across the prairies...
... . We payed fleeting visits along the way to the cities of Moose Jaw, Regina and Winnipeg. Many of the buildings in Moose Jaw are covered in colourful murals depicting the town and country's history which were quite nice to have a wander around and have ...
The endless Prairie
... Probleme, welche die Kolonisation so mit sich bringt, Arbeitslosigkeit bei den Ureinwohnern... Nun sind wir in Moose Jaw, bekannt für seine verbrecherische Vergangenheit und seiner salzhaltigen Mineralquellen ( das hat gestern der Seele unheimlich ...
A hidden gem
... surrender on our prairie adventures, and with nice sunny weather, we decide to take a detour. Apparently the bootlegging tunnels in Moose Jaw are awesome. As we get closer to Moose Jaw and veer off the main highway, old man winter gets upset. ...
Bienvenue à Canada!!!
... a lot of signs for swinging bridges so we decided to walk across one in Saskatchewan. We learned that the longest swinging bridge in Canada was in Manitoba, but part of it was washed away in a flood last year. Where we did go was a beautiful river and ...
getting to Australia
... airport and then met Dave and Sheryl when they got in at 1:30. They had left Whitehorse around 11:25 on their Air Canada flight. We had a drink while Dave and Sheryl had lunch, Sheryl had lobster corn dogs which she said were ...
On to Saskatchewan
... old Canadian-Pacific train station had been converted to, among other things, a liquor store. This seemed to match Moose Jaw's reputation as a center of bootlegging during U.S. prohibition, earning it the nickname "Little Chicago of the Prairies." The ...
Hmm Moose Jaw
I understand that Al Capone once stayed here. There are tunnels to prove it. But at -22, windchill -41, blowing and drifting snow (see the picture) Regina Best Western here we come. Brandon is just to far with the weather and ...
So nice to be with family
... . The boys have two beautiful girls. Cal and Louise came over from Regina for dinner and Jeannie and Ruthie came in from Moose Jaw. The place was full and so much fun. Lots of family to get caught up on and check out the cast of ...
Prairie experience
... prairie-like but we didn’t see the big hoe at Dog River. Our campground tonight is a provincial park not too far away from Moose Jaw. It’s another beautiful setting and our site is on the lake. We’ve seen lots of deer, geese, and ducks, ...
The Friendly City
... market to discover it's only on Thursdays and Saturdays, poo. The rest of the mall....was like...North Hills Mall. Off to Moose Jaw! On the drive I could see what looked like snow but no, its salt! I stopped at Chaplin ...
Bootleggers in Moose Jaw
... and had decided that all we wanted to do here was stroll downtown before going on one of the organised tours of the Moose Jaw tunnels. The tunnels are arranged in a netwrork beneath the down town buikldings and streets, nobody knows who built them or ...
Day 1 - And it begins
... ; Location: Medicine Hat to Moose Jaw Travel Time: approx 4 hours Distance travelled ...
Moose Jaw
... Regina and drove for a solid hour in full-on torrential rain. It was still pouring when we reach our Days Inn hotel in Moose Jaw. As hard as we tried not to we got thoroughly drenched while we parked and took out our suitcases. Given the weather there ...
Day 11
... under the city, servicing the boilers that heated the town. The second tour was about Al Capone, who it was alleged used Moose Jaw as a point for smuggling alcohol, again an actor and actress re created the events. Really enjoyable and Ian got to hold ...
Day 4
... (or so my mom said). Regina is a joke, reminded me of Newmarket if anything, althought we didn't go into town. We're in Moose Jaw now... I couldn't stop laughing to be honest. It's a very cute town with lots of history (loved to explore more), however the ...
3rd day
... N part of ND has alot of oil wells. We entered into Canada without any problems. It got to 88 deg. We stayed at Moose Jaw Canada, Buffalo Pound Park. There was a buffalo preserve but the buffalo were shy and would not come out from around the hills. The ...
getting to know me.
my name is trae i like to swim and be funny.Im 9 years old and live in moose jaw i love my dog and my baby brother. i hope you enjor this first entry. ...
my favorite trip
my favorite trip would probably be when i went to edmenton.the mall was humongoise and thats where i bought a DS. i loved it it was so cool.i still have it and play it all the ...
We met a REAL ... LIVE ... Cowboy!
... . We are, after all, only as good as our word.) When we got to Regina, I pretty much hung out with the car while Reyanne & Renee toured the Legislative building and took a few photos. Then it was on to Moose Jaw for some much needed ...
Fields of Giant Moose
... around, explore parks and see the parliament building which, interestingly enough, is on the water (a man made lake, I think). On to Moose Jaw, then, a charming little town with a fascinating history. I was sick for most of our stay, but I was ...
Sydney to Moose Jaw
Temp: Sydney low 17.5 high 26.5 Moose Jaw low 0 high 3 We were all packed up and ready to go early, but our flight wasn't until 3:30 so we decided to walk along Manly Beach for a while. It was a beautiful warm morning ...
Hot Springs, Hooray!
... had left my pillow in Calgary. Oh well I will just have to buy another one. We have spent the last two nights in Moose Jaw at Temple Gardens Hotel Spa & Hot Springs. Got lots of soaking time in the hot springs and enjoyed the luxary ...
Movin' West
... in Canada for the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and how the government and peoples of Canada treated and mistreated them, very interesting. Moose Jaw also boasts some 50 odd murals throughout the town, most are very well done and ...
Back on my own. Day 27
Left the friendly Ranch and headed for Moose Jaw. Crossed Lake Diefenbaker. Camped for free at 'Buffalo Pound Provincial Park'. Mileage - 19616 - 237 ...
Trailer trash
... Regina we stopped at a bar.... Tried strawberry beer.., didn't like it. And then went in walmart. Thrilling..... Not. Then headed to moose jaw for our trailer and trailer trash party. It's not really a trailer.. Just a massive caravan that is static. ...
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