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The river valley, north and south
The resort is twenty minutes from Saskatoon by its own count. The places below are named by the resort, the casino or official sites; distances are left to Google Maps.
The South Saskatchewan River runs north from the resort to Saskatoon and beyond, and most of what is worth a day trip lies along it. To the north is the city, with its riverbank, its museums and the Founders' Statue, and just outside it Wanuskewin. Along Highway 219, between the city and the resort, are conservation areas on the river. To the south and west, provincial parks offer lakes and trails.
Saskatoon
The city is the obvious half-day. At River Landing, the Founders' Statue by Hans Holtkamp shows Chief Whitecap and John Lake at their 1882 meeting, the moment the resort's history page describes as the choice of the city's site. The Western Development Museum's Saskatoon branch, which the resort recommends, includes a recreated 1910 Boomtown street; the resort listed general admission at $13 and a family ticket for four at $28 on 31 October 2026. Prairieland Park in Saskatoon is the departure point of the casino shuttle and an events venue.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Just outside Saskatoon, Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a National Historic Site whose archaeological record, according to Wikipedia, represents nearly 6,000 years of the history of the Northern Plains peoples. The resort works closely with it: the Family Staycation package includes a family pass for four, and the summer Kichiota Indigenous Corridor Experience spends its second day there, with a bison kinship programme, lunch, a dance presentation and a tipi programme. The park's own site has current hours and programmes.
Wanuskewin's official site: wanuskewin.com.
On the river between the city and the resort
Highway 219 gives access to two conservation areas listed by the Meewasin Valley Authority, both named by the casino as nearby places to explore: Cranberry Flats and Beaver Creek. They are places to walk along the water and the valley slopes rather than attractions with ticket desks. Meewasin's site lists trails, conditions and rules.
The Meewasin Valley Authority: meewasin.com.
Lakes and parks
Two provincial parks are named by the casino as nearby. Blackstrap Provincial Park lies along a reservoir lake created in 1967; Wikipedia records that Mount Blackstrap, a man-made hill, was built for the downhill events of the 1971 Canada Winter Games, and that the park has beaches, a campground, and hiking, biking and cross-country trails. Pike Lake Provincial Park, about 32 km south-west of Saskatoon according to Wikipedia, sits on an oxbow lake formed by the river and has a beach, a campground and a nature trail. Both have current details on the provincial parks site.
Saskatchewan provincial parks: saskparks.tourismsaskatchewan.com.
Cider in an orchard
Crossmount Cider Company, also recommended by the resort, runs orchard tours and tastings that move from a 10-acre apple orchard to the cidery itself; the resort listed the tour at $30 per person on 31 October 2026. Anyone tasting should plan for a driver back to the resort.
A note on driving
All of these trips need a car. The resort gives the drive to Saskatoon as twenty minutes; other times depend on the route and the season, and winter driving on the prairie calls for a check of the road report before setting out. Tourism Saskatoon and Tourism Saskatchewan publish wider listings for the region.
Further reading: Tourism Saskatoon · Tourism Saskatchewan · Western Development Museum, Saskatoon.
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