Nearby Towns & Services

• Birsay

  Birsay is a short 25.4 km drive from Sandy Shores on highway 45! 

   

  Services: 

  Birsay Kitchen: (306)-573-2106

• Lucky Lake

  "Lucky Lake, formerly known as "Devil's Lake", took it's name from a lake which is 5.5 miles North of Lucky Lake called Luck Lake. It was named by the Indians becuase of a mysterious light that shone over it during the night!" 

   

  Services: 

  Basket-Full: Fresh & Healthy: (306)-858-2626

  Demaine Hotel: Full Service Restaurant! (306)-858-2027

• Loreburn

  Located 28.6 km from Sandy Shores, Loreburn has a variety of services! 

   

  Services:

  Coppertop Towing: (306)-867-4443

  Agriculture Services 

• Elbow

  Elbow is a short 40.3 km from Sandy Shores. Elbow got its name from the bend in the South Saskatchewan River, which resembled a bent arm! 

   

  Make sure to visit Elbow's stunning marina! Contact: (306)-854-2211

   

  Services:

  Elbow Hotel: (306)-854-2214

  Coppertop Towing: (306)-867-7199

  RCMP: Elbow Detachment: (306)-854-1830

  Elbow Fine Foods: (306)-854-2055

  Elbow Hotel & Bar: (306)-854-2214

   

  Restaurants: 

  Back Home Bakery & Deli: (306)-854-2244

  Harbor Golf Club & Resort: (306)-854-2300

  Mug's Coffee Shop: (306)-860-8260 (Seasonal)

  Sweet Treats Ice Cream Shop: (306)-262-3608 (Seasonal) 

   

  Shops and Art Galleries: 

  Carment Heinrichs Woodburning & Acrylics: 306-854-4760

  Jelly Bean Shoppe: (306)-690-7288

  Driftwood Studio & Gift Shop: (306)-854-2200

• Outlook

  Outlook is known as the irrigation captial of Saskatchewan! It is located just 37.5 km from the Resort and offers many valuable services! 

   

  Restaurants:

  Chris' Kitchen (Broderick): (306)-860-7443

  K&S Restaurant: (306)-867-8345

  Lucky Dragon Restaurant: (306)-867-1892

  Outlook Esso Restaurant: (306)-867-9411

  Piccolo Pizza: (306)-867-2122

  Modern Family Restaurant: (306)-867-8815

   

  Grocery/Retail:

  D&E Convenience Store 

  Jacq'y Jayes Boutique & Espresso Bar

  Outlook AG Foods: (306)-867-9444

  Outlook Bakery: (306)-867-1444

  Riverbend Co-op Food Store and Pharmacy: (306)-867-9995

  Outlook Locker Plant: (306)-867-8153

• Riverhurst

  A beautiful village with a museum, library, pub, food services, grocery, gas station, and more! 

   

  Services: 

  The Barn Owl Boutique: (306)-796-7288

  Riverhurst Ferry: (306)-353-6250

  F.T Hill Museum: (306)-353-2112

  The Riverhurst Library: (306)-353-2130

• Macrorie

  "Macrorie is located on Highway 45 and is in close proximity to Lake Diefenbaker!" 

   

  Services: 

  Co-op Gas Bar: (306)-243-2141

  Macrorie Fire Dept 

• Central Butte

  Town of Central Butte 
  87.8km from Sandy Shores Resort
  
  Central Butte is located approx. 30km from the East Shore of the Riverhurst Ferry Crossing along Hwy 42, (also 39km from Palliser Regional Park) and about 49km south of Elbow on Hwy 19. 
  
  Central Butte has a Regency hospital, Dental Clinic, Fire Department, K-12 School, Arena & Mezzanine, children's playgrounds, serviced campgrounds,  ball diamonds, and the NEW Letts Splash & Play Park which officially opened June 28, 2017.

   

  Restaurants & Services:
  Farmcraft Beverage Co. (bar):  306-796-4509 
  Farmhouse Kitchen (Restaurant):  306-796-9090 
  Central Butte Legion (Open on weekends with supper specials and bar): 306-796-4949 
  Central Butte Fine Foods (grocery): 306-796-2110
  Florence's Beauty Salon (hair & beauty services): 306-796-4488
  Elda's Emporium (antiques):  306-796-2210
  Tugaske Coop (Gas, hardware, confections): 306-796-2115
  Galloway's Pharmacy (pharmacy): 306-796-2040
  Central Butte Regency Hospital:  306-796-2190
  Central Butte Fire Dept: 306-796-4352 (Fire Chief Myron Fowler)
  McGregor's Travel: 306-796-2000

• Mistusinne and Sacred Buffalo Child Rock

  Village of Mistusinne  
  
  The resort village of Mistusinne was named after the Mistaseni rock (Cree for "Big Rock"), a 400 ton glacial boulder that once played an important part in traditional native religion. Henry Youle Hind wrote about the rock in 1858: "It is seventy-nine feet in horizontal circumference, three feet from the ground, and a tape stretched over the highest point, measured forty-six feet. The Indians place on it offerings to Manito, and at the time of our visit it containted beads, bits of tobacco, fragments of cloth, and other trifles". 
  
  The rock was in the flood path during the South Saskatchewan River Dam Project.  Archaeologists tried to raise enough money to move the rock, but were unsuccessful.  In December 1966, holes were drilled into the rock, then filled with dynamite and blasted it apart.  The Mistaseni cairn near Elbow was created as a memorial and contains small pieces of the original rock.  Large pieces of the original rock were also found in the lake in 2014. 
   

  Songs were made about mistasini in the 1960’s, photos, video, newspaper articles, an interview. If you have copies or links please email info@sandyshoresresort.ca and Rauncie will add to this information. There are books about the rock. Rauncie hopes to further discusisions about reconsilation efforts regarding the sacred Buffalo Child Rock with First Nations communities effected.

  Coordinates: Degrees as Decimal  (not minutes and seconds) 
  Latitude               51.005712                                          
  Longitude            106.476028         

  A video was produced by Doug Cuthand (Blue Hills) and Tony Towstego

  There is a Facebookpage with documents and video.fd