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Regina was founded in 1882, when the Canadian Pacific Railway, then being built across western Canada, reached the site: by the time of the North-West Rebellion in 1885 the CPR had reached only Qu'Appelle (then called Troy), some 30 miles (48 km) to the east of what became Regina.
Several years later the city was proclaimed the capital of the 1905 province of Saskatchewan on 23 May 1906, by the first provincial government, led by Premier Walter Scott; the monumental Saskatchewan Legislative Building was built between 1908 and 1912.
- The land where Regina is currently located was temporarily called “Pile O’ Bones” for the piles of buffalo bones kept in the area before shipping them East for fertilizer.
- The name was chosen to honour Queen Victoria, the reigning monarch at the time. Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria and wife of Governor General Marquis of Lorne suggested the name “Regina.”
- Regina became a city on June 19, 1903, with a population of 3,000. Two years later, on September 4, 1905, Saskatchewan became a province and on May 23, 1906, Regina became its capital.
- A fire in 1976 gutted the interior of the Holy Rosary Cathedral (3125 13th Ave.) – View source.
Sep 23, 2024 · Regina, capital and second largest city of Saskatchewan, Canada, situated on Wascana Creek in the south-central part of the province. Originally called Wascana (Cree: Oskana), with the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882, the city was renamed Regina (Latin: ‘Queen’) for Queen Victoria.
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Sep 23, 2012 · Regina, Saskatchewan, founded in 1882, incorporated as a city in 1903, population 226,404 (2021 census), 215,106 (2016 census). The City of Regina is the capital, commercial and financial centre of Saskatchewan. Regina is situated 160 km north of the United States border.
Regina was first incorporated as a city in 1903 and was later decreed the capital of Saskatchewan in 1906 following the founding of the province in 1905. Originally set aside as public green space in 1883, Victoria Park (then called Victoria Square), did not take shape until 1907 when Montreal-based landscape architect Frederick Todd was hired ...
