Saskatchewan

There's a property I was looking at and the listing has this comment about the water:
"Currently the owners haul water and have 8 1000 liters tanks. There is a well located on the property and can be switched to well water."
Maybe it's an option where you're looking?
 
Hauling water would be a deal breaker. I have a few animals. Looking into how the nitrate affects people and animals and what the cause and solutions are. Some reason are broken well casing, fertilizer near by. Or just present in the ground water. I could try to find out neighbors test results to give me a clue.
 
Shovel said:
Hauling water would be a deal breaker. I have a few animals. Looking into how the nitrate affects people and animals and what the cause and solutions are. Some reason are broken well casing, fertilizer near by. Or just present in the ground water. I could try to find out neighbors test results to give me a clue.
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A few animals means what . A acre of land is 202 feet square so not huge except by a city lot standards.
 
Shovel said:
Planning a move to Saskatchewan. Looking around the Swift Current, Maple Creek, Kindersley area. One of the 10 or so acre homesteads subdivided from a farm. A few available. Just started looking. Probably not enough to hunt on. And all the fields look private. Where do you hunt? Sounds like lots of Geese. Deer?
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I made this very move from the lower mainland (BC) 10yrs ago.

From a real estate perspective, it's a bit of a trap - value of farmland is going up, but residential property in rural SK is not. Just something to keep in mind if you ever want to sell and move (back) to somewhere real estate is constantly appreciating.

We have a great spot on a creek, and have not considered relocating but if I was doing it again, I'd look at the Shaunavon area, south of Maple Creek. They have oil in the region and seem to have a stronger economy than those areas that are strictly agricultural.

Kerrobert (north of Kindersley) might be worth a look too.

Kerri Finlay is a great resource when it comes to water quality and monitoring in SK.

https://waterrangers.com

If I'm not misinformed, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation is the biggest per capita wildlife federation in the world;

https://swf.sk.ca

A great resource for hunters.

Let me know if you have any specific questions, and feel free to shoot me a PM anytime!
 
A couple acreages for sale around here. Closer to better employment opportunities they are worth more $. Every area has its pluses and minuses. Quiet and no people is a plus in my mind. Up north they have more crime and drug problems.
 
Hand Skills said:
I made this very move from the lower mainland (BC) 10yrs ago.

From a real estate perspective, it's a bit of a trap - value of farmland is going up, but residential property in rural SK is not. Just something to keep in mind if you ever want to sell and move (back) to somewhere real estate is constantly appreciating.

We have a great spot on a creek, and have not considered relocating but if I was doing it again, I'd look at the Shaunavon area, south of Maple Creek. They have oil in the region and seem to have a stronger economy than those areas that are strictly agricultural.

Kerrobert (north of Kindersley) might be worth a look too.

Kerri Finlay is a great resource when it comes to water quality and monitoring in SK.

https://waterrangers.com

If I'm not misinformed, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation is the biggest per capita wildlife federation in the world;

https://swf.sk.ca

A great resource for hunters.

Let me know if you have any specific questions, and feel free to shoot me a PM anytime!
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Appreciate that. This will probably be our last move so not worried about resale. Looking at the area west and south of Saskatoon. Closer to Alberta as possible with some affordable acreage. We have family in Red Deer, Calgary and Meadow Lake and want to be closer to them as well. And still be in a warmer area. Bringing a couple of horses and dogs. Maybe the chickens and geese. Wife says the cat is coming lol.

Appreciate everyone's suggestions
 
I hunted southern Saskatchewan as a Canadian Resident from 1988 to 1998. I don't know what the current status is with the whitetails and mule deer, however back in those years I counted between 200 to 250 deer daily, "while walking." I was hunting whitetail only, being that out of province hunters cannot hunt mule deer or any other big game animal.

The reason for not hunting the south after 1998 is that, the north part of the province has bigger whitetail, antler and body.
Where we hunted in the south was on the border of zone 9 and 10. We hunted the Millie Pasture and the farm land of Emil Chomistek, his sons are Pat and Dan. They live 35 km north of Tompkins

Go explore those areas and talk to the Chomistek men, they are most friendy, they are the best source of information for quality and quanity of deer.
 
Shovel said:
Appreciate that. This will probably be our last move so not worried about resale. Looking at the area west and south of Saskatoon. Closer to Alberta as possible with some affordable acreage. We have family in Red Deer, Calgary and Meadow Lake and want to be closer to them as well. And still be in a warmer area. Bringing a couple of horses and dogs. Maybe the chickens and geese. Wife says the cat is coming lol.

Appreciate everyone's suggestions
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👍 Given the locations you mentioned, Battlefords might be worth checking out, I have some cousins in that area. Some nice valleys in the area and within striking distance of Northern fishing and hunting.

North or South, seems water can be an issue either way - often it's too much water in the North and not enough water in the South 🤣

Good luck in your quest!
 
Shovel said:
Hauling water would be a deal breaker. I have a few animals. Looking into how the nitrate affects people and animals and what the cause and solutions are. Some reason are broken well casing, fertilizer near by. Or just present in the ground water. I could try to find out neighbors test results to give me a clue.
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Hauled water for years for the house, has 2 damns for the horses, it was pumped to the barn and garden, could have used it for the house as well, but usally going to town any way, when weather is good fill up the cistern, 3000 gallons.
Old days we hauled water from the river, it was fine.
Few yrs back fellow drilled a well, lots of iron, it was 400 ft deep , but up near Saskatoon , where my Daughter is wells are not near that deep.
If you don't want to haul water, maybe country is not for you.
BTW , water is better , last year and this winter , there has been good snow cover, thou lst week a lot of its gone now, but north and east is getting hammered with winter last 2 days again.
 
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Yeah water quality is a big thing for me. Don't want to be dependent on hauling it. We have a 400 foot deep well with unlimited drinking water. And a spring that runs most of the year. Guess I'm spoiled:)
 
well we do have mountain run off, Rivers, just takes a while to get here.
about 15 yrs ago in my area, water lines where installed from the south sk river at the landing , north of swift current to farms and small towns, as far as Rosetown, Easton, I believe. I havn't checked for a while.
It is expensive water, quite a few pumps . Hi quality water though. My brother is on the system, I was not .
Kyle and clearwater lake , 5 miles away has great water from under ground well, a bit hard, but not too bad. no iron in it.
 
We recently drilled one 420', no iron in the reports, but we're still developing it. Was not aware before how long that can sometimes take.
 
Bored water wells in Saskatchewan for a few years. 36” max 100 feet with that machine. There were a lot of wells that were at the 20’ minimum charge, and lots of people could just jet in a sandpoint. Others were close to 100 and were like sinking a mineshaft by hand. 3 or 4 days in a harness is enough to make a guy contemplate religion. Water is where you find it, and quality is all over the place. I’ve seen 3 wildly differing water quality results on the same yard, wouldn’t have paid much attention except that it belonged to my dad. Then there’s those that had to resort to deep drilled wells and those that never did find it at all.
I guess what I’m saying is don’t assume anything.
 
Dogleg said:
Bored water wells in Saskatchewan for a few years. 36” max 100 feet with that machine. There were a lot of wells that were at the 20’ minimum charge, and lots of people could just jet in a sandpoint. Others were close to 100 and were like sinking a mineshaft by hand. 3 or 4 days in a harness is enough to make a guy contemplate religion. Water is where you find it, and quality is all over the place. I’ve seen 3 wildly differing water quality results on the same yard, wouldn’t have paid much attention except that it belonged to my dad. Then there’s those that had to resort to deep drilled wells and those that never did find it at all.
I guess what I’m saying is don’t assume anything.
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My parents have 2 wells on their property about 150 yds apart. One has nitrate levels too high to use for drinking, the other is perfectly fine.
 
Takes awhile...🤣

The Bow River is a river in Alberta, Canada. It begins within the Canadian Rocky Mountains and winds through the Alberta foothills onto the prairies, where it meets the Oldman River, the two then forming the South Saskatchewan River. These waters ultimately flow through the Nelson River into Hudson Bay.
 
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