Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

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Maple Creek is a town in southwestern Saskatchewan, located southeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta and north of the Cypress Hills.

After the Northwest Mounted Police had been established at [1]Fort Walsh, settlers began to explore the Cypress Hills area, living along the creeks and doing small-scale ranching. The department of the interior was operating an Indian farm on the Maple Creek, a few miles south from the present townsite. In 1882-1883 the Indians were moved to Qu'Appelle and the farm was then operated by Major Shircliff, an ex-Mounted Policeman. In the winter of 1882, a Canadian Pacific Railway construction crew of 12 decided to winter where the town of Maple Creek now stands. This marked the establishment of Maple Creek. Some of the first men to build and do business in Maple Creek include Sam Brady, John and Chester Dixon, and Jim Riley.

With the exception of Lethbridge, winters in Maple Creek are typically warmer than those in the adjacent plain region of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, being a convalescence point for chinook winds originating from both the Canadian and American Rocky Mountain fronts. The mean maximum temperature in January 2006 was 5.3 °C[2] for the Maple Creek townsite, compared to 5.0 °C[3] for Calgary and 4.7 °C[4] for Medicine Hat.

Local Celebrities Include
Joe Branniff - 6 rodeo anouncer of the year
Christa Lawrence - 2004 Rodeo Queen of Canada
Glen Goddard - 2005 CPRA Steer Wrestling Champion
Barry Dean - Former NHL Player
Jesse Nevett - Pro Wrestler

		Leader
	Medicine Hat		Gull Lake Swift Current
		'Maple Creek'
	Lethbridge	Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Havre	Eastend