The confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek was chosen and registered in 1881 as a site for a division point for the Canadian Pacific Railway, whose construction was significant in the Confederation of Canada. This small system operates four routes from a downtown hub on weekdays between 7:15 am and 9:45 pm and on Saturdays from 7:15 am to 6:15 pm, with no Sunday or holiday service. In the Royal Canadian Air Force the lodger unit is often called 15 Wing Moose Jaw. Many retailers and grocery stores operate in Moose Jaw. )", "Inland Container Terminal Analysis, Final Report - December 12, 2006", "Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum", "Moose Jaw tunnels reveal dark tales of Canada's past", "Moose Jaw getting new hospital - Saskatchewan - CBC News", Transit History of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw Times Herald: New city buses roll into town, "Candidate Profile: Chad Novak For Mayor", Earl of Wessex Visits Saskatchewan Regiment (2003), Racist and other organized criminal organizations in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=979423201, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Pages using infobox settlement with possible nickname list, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Lil Chicago Roller Derby's Moose Jaw Jaw Breakers - Women's Flat Track Roller Derby, Moose Jaw Robin Hoods, senior hockey team and Western Canada League baseball team (1909–21), Moose Jaw Maple Leafs, senior hockey team (1919–1923), Moose Jaw Generals, senior hockey team, winner of the, Moose Jaw Express, With two publications, a local weekly newspaper and a Weekend edition, The only television station local to Moose Jaw is CKMJ-TV channel 7, an analogue repeater of, Ben Coakwell, Canadian Olympic bobsledder, Jack Reddick, Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion boxer, This page was last edited on 20 September 2020, at 17:34. [29] are major sites of interest. Involved in peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Croatia, the regiment has also provided aid during floods and forest fires in the prairies. The tours are worth going on. Prince Albert, future king and father of Queen Elizabeth II, paid a visit in 1926. No written or photographic proof exists of Capone's presence, but several firsthand accounts from Moose Javians who claim to have met him have been documented. It could have been. It could have been a little longer so a person could ask questions at each station.

Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959, and has come to the city a few times since. The Moose Jaw Police Service provide policing with 54 sworn members for the city and hold both municipal and provincial jurisdiction, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Moose Jaw is a city of 33,000 at the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and Highway 2. These tunnels were meant to give an easy connection to buildings that were on the ground, and facilitate easy movement of goods. The car club at Moose Jaw agreed to the restoration of Tom Sukanen's ship at their museum site. The Snowbirds flight demonstration team is based at CFB Moose Jaw, south of Moose Jaw in Bushell Park, where the now defunct airshow was performed every summer. A lot of time and effort put into props, decorating and surroundings. Is this a place or activity you would suggest for, We did the Al Capone tour a few days ago and really enjoyed it. [19] From 1881 to 1903 the community was represented by a Town Council and thereafter by City Council.

[36], The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum is south of Moose Jaw on Sk Hwy 2.

Settlement began there in 1882 and the city was incorporated in 1903. [39] Capone's grandniece also confirmed he had been in Moose Jaw before his 1931 conviction for tax evasion. The first is it comes from the Plains Cree name moscâstani-sîpiy meaning "a warm place by the river", indicative of the protection from the weather the Coteau range provides to the river valley containing the city[12] and also the Plains Cree word moose gaw, meaning warm breezes. These were to be manufactured under the name Moose Jaw Standard. Baseball has also been an important part of Moose Jaw since its first days; the city won the territorial championship in 1895.