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Saskatchewan is the middle of the three prairie provinces of [[Canada]] between [[Alberta]] and [[Manitoba]].  With one million people, it has 227,134 square miles of land and water surface (588,276 square kilometers).  Saskatchewan started to grow when the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was built in the early 1880s; it was part of the Northwest Territories until 1905, when it became a province having equal status with the other provinces (which are similar to U.S. states).

'''Saskatchewan''' is the middle of the three prairie [[province]]s of [[Canada]] between [[Alberta]] and [[Manitoba]].  With one million people, it has 227,134 square miles of land and water surface (588,276 square kilometers).  Saskatchewan started to grow when the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was built in the early 1880s; it was part of the Northwest Territories until 1905, when it became a province having equal status with the other provinces (which are similar to U.S. states).

==Geography==

==Geography==

The name '''Saskatchewan''' is derived from the Cree word kisiskâciwanisîpikikimasiy meaning ''swift-flowing river.''   

The name '''Saskatchewan''' is derived from the [[Cree]] word ''kisiskâciwanisîpikikimasiy'' meaning ''swift-flowing river.''   

Saskatchewan's geography includes [[prairie]]s, tree-covered [[plain]]s, [[forest]]s, and [[taiga]].  The climate is continental, characterized by large seasonal [[temperature]] ranges and low [[precipitation]]. It is one of two completely landlocked Canadian Provinces.  European contact with Indian peoples occurred during the [[fur]] trade era, and increased when agricultural settlement began in the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, that settlement history produced a largely agrarian population concentrated on [[farm]]s and in communities across the prairie.  

Saskatchewan's geography includes [[prairie]]s, tree-covered [[plain]]s, [[forest]]s, and [[taiga]].  The climate is continental, characterized by large seasonal [[temperature]] ranges and low [[precipitation]]. It is one of two completely landlocked Canadian Provinces.  European contact with Indian peoples occurred during the [[fur]] trade era, and increased when agricultural settlement began in the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, that settlement history produced a largely agrarian population concentrated on [[farm]]s and in communities across the prairie.