Wascana Lake (Sask.)

A day out at Wascana Park in Regina

CORA-B-779
Item
ca. 1910

Part of City of Regina fonds

People enjoying a boat race on Wascana Lake with the newly constructed Legislative Buildings in background.

Aerial view of Regina looking northeast

CORA-B-866
Item
ca. 1960

Part of City of Regina fonds

Aerial view looking northeast over the city. The Legislative Buildings, Wascana Lake and Campion College are seen in foreground. From Thornton Avenue to outer city limits (north), Rae Street to east edge of Wascana Park.

An empty Wascana Lake

CORA-B-793
Item
September 1931

Part of City of Regina fonds

A drained and empty Wascana Lake before it was dredged and deepened in the fall of 1931. As part of a government relief project, 2,100 men (only men who were married and had children were allowed to work on the project) widened and dredged the lake bed and created two islands (Willow and Spruce Island) using only hand tools and horse-drawn wagons.

Boat Club - Wascana Lake

CORA-B-573
Item
ca. 1909

Part of City of Regina fonds

People gathered at the Regina Boat Club on Wascana Lake; the Provincial Jail can be seen in the background.

Boat Club Picnic

CORA-A-1560
Item
ca. 1900

Part of City of Regina fonds

Regina Boat Club, located on the north shore of Wascana Lake.

Broad Street Bridge

CORA-RPL-A-173
Item
1910

Part of City of Regina fonds

Photograph of the old Broad Street Bridge from the bank of Wascana Lake

Canoeing on Wascana Lake

CORA-RPL-A-425
Item
ca. 1905

Part of City of Regina fonds

Canoeing on Wascana Lake, looking south. A farmyard is seen in the distance on the south shore of lake.

Centre of the Arts Building

CORA-B-574
Item
ca. 1977

Part of City of Regina fonds

Canada geese on the banks of Wascana Lake, overlooking the Centre of the Arts building in Regina, Saskatchewan

City of Regina fonds

COR
Fonds
1882 - 2001

Fonds consists of the records of the City of Regina and its predecessors.

Flooding of Wascana Lake in Regina

CORA-A-1534
Item
1915

Part of City of Regina fonds

Photograph of houses submerged in water caused by the flooding of Wascana Lake in the spring of 1915.

Looking across Wascana Lake from Legislative Buildings in Regina

CORA-A-515
Item
1937

Part of City of Regina fonds

Wascana Lake from the Parliament Buildings [Legislative Buildings]; looking north towards the Hotel Saskatchewan a cannon is visible in the foreground, with sail boats on the lake.