Indian Head, Saskatchewan

Indian Head is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, 69 km east of Regina. The town is directly north of the Trans-Canada Highway. The town is known for having a federally-operated experimental farm, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) and tree nursery that produces seedlings for shelter belts.

The first settlers moved into the district in 1882, a few months ahead of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Bell Farm at Indian Head comprised 53,000 acres (210 km²). This was so huge and out of the ordinary that, on many occasions, the passenger trains would stop and let the passengers watch the harvesting operation.

In 1887 the Dominion Experimental Farm was founded, as one of the original research stations in Canada and today is still doing research and giving valuable information to farmers. In 1902, the P.F.R.A. tree nursery was inaugurated and is still shipping out several million trees each year for farm shelterbelts in the three prairie provinces.Indian Head was incorporated as a town in 1902. In that year the Canadian Journal, published by James McAra, noted that Indian Head was the largest point of initial shipment of wheat in the world.

The Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle was originally centred in the nearby town of Qu'Appelle, whose parish church was the pro-cathedral for southern Saskatchewan. Bishop's Court, the residence of the diocesan bishop, was relocated from Qu'Appelle to Indian Head in 1895 before being further relocated to Regina.

Notable people from Indian Head

* Mark Brayford - lawyer for Robert Latimer, Colin Thatcher and many other notable Saskatchewan cases
* David Geiss - filmmaker and actor
* Maureen Hunter - Governor General's Award winning playwright
* Dave Karpa - National Hockey League athlete
* Eric Peterson - television and stage actor

* Ron Robison - Western Hockey League Commissioner, former Head of Hockey Canada
* Sinclair Ross - noteworthy Canadian Author (went to school in I.H. until grade 11)

Interesting facts

* Indian Head is home to the [http://www.sshfm.com/satellite_halls_2004.htm Saskatchewan Rural Sports Hall of Fame and Museum] .
* The innovative local Internet news program [http://www.townofindianhead.com/indianheadtoday/indianheadtoday.htm Indian Head Today] has been featured on CBC's "The National"

Census data

Canada_CP_2001|pop=1,758|popDelta=-4.1%
landArea=3.17|popDensity=554.2|medianAge=43.9|medianAgeM=41.0|medianAgeF=46.1
privateDwell=815|medianHHIncome=33,213

Nearby

*Bell Farm
*Indian Head Bird Sanctuary
*Indian Head Experimental Station
*Indian Head Museum

Location

*Legal Land Description: Section 24- Township 18- Range 13-West of the 2nd meridian

*Coordinates: 50° 32' 00" N - 103° 40' 00" W

	North: Fort Qu'Appelle
West: Regina	Indian Head	East: Sintaluta
	South: Weyburn

External links

* [http://www.townofindianhead.com How Indian Head Got Its Name]
* [http://library.usask.ca/spcoll/postcardsquappelle/indianhead.html Postcard views of the Qu'Appelle Valley] : extensive photos of Indian Head at the turn of the 20th century
* [http://www.townofindianhead.com Town of Indian Head web site]
* [http://news.webshots.com/photo/1078287856043153669JExwjP Memorial Hall Indian Head, Sk. pictures from history photos]