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The Best Attractions In Snowden

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Edward Joseph Snowden is an American computer professional, former Central Intelligence Agency employee, and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013 without authorization. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments. In 2013, Snowden was hired by an NSA contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, after previous employment with Dell and the CIA. On May 20, 2013, Snowden flew to Hong Kong after leaving his job at a...
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  • 2. Prince Albert National Park Waskesiu Lake
    Prince Albert National Park encompasses 3,874 square kilometres in central Saskatchewan, Canada and is located 200 kilometres north of Saskatoon. Though declared a national park March 24, 1927, it had its official opening ceremonies on August 10, 1928 performed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The park is open all year but the most visited period is from May to September. Although named for the city, the park's main entrance is actually 80 km north of Prince Albert via Highways 2 and 263 which enters the park at its southeast corner. Two additional secondary highways enter the park: No. 264, which branches off Hwy. 2 just east of the Waskesiu townside, and No. 240, which enters the park from the south and links with 263 just outside the entry fee-collection gates. The park ra...
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  • 3. Northern Lights Casino Prince Albert
    Northern Lights Casino, is a casino located in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. The 42,000 sq ft facility includes a Casino , lounge, and restaurant opened in 1996.The Casino opened a new 4,500-square-foot expansion in January, 2011 that included a smoking room, and 203 slot machines.
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  • 4. Batoche National Historic Site Batoche
    Batoche, Saskatchewan was the site of the historic Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. The battle resulted in the defeat of Louis Riel and his Métis forces by Major General Frederick Middleton and his Northwest Field Force.
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  • 5. Greenwater Lake Provincial Park Porcupine Plain
    Greenwater Lake Provincial Park is located in eastern Saskatchewan on Highway 38. The name of the park does not refer to the colour of the water itself, but rather to the colour of the reflection of the trees on the water near the shores.
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  • 6. Grey Owl Cabin Prince Albert
    Grey Owl was the name British-born Archibald Belaney chose for himself when he took on a fraudulent First Nations identity as an adult. While he achieved fame as a conservationist during his life, after his death the revelation of his non-Native origins and other autobiographical fabrications negatively affected his reputation. Born in England and migrating to Canada in the first decade of the 20th century, Belaney rose to prominence as a notable author, lecturer, and one of the most effective apostles of the wilderness. In his studies of the Ojibwe, Belaney learned some native harvesting techniques and trapping skills. The pivotal moment of departure for his early conservation work was when he began his relationship with a young Iroquois woman named Gertrude Bernard, who assisted in his t...
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  • 7. Nipawin Evergreen Centre Nipawin
    Nipawin is a town in north-east Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built in 1963, renamed from Squaw Rapids. The construction of Francois-Finlay Dam earned Nipawin the nickname, The Town of Two Lakes. Nipawin is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Nipawin No. 487 and the Rural Municipality of Torch River No. 488 . Highway 35 and Highway 55 intersect in Nipawin. The Nipawin Airport and the Nipawin Water Aerodrome also serve the community. Nipawin is a Cree word meaning a bed, or resting place which referred to a low-lying area along the river now flooded by Codette Lake where First Nations women and children would camp and wait for the...
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