Birsay is a short 25.4 km drive from Sandy Shores on highway 45!
"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!"
Located 28.6 km from Sandy Shores, Loreburn has a variety of services!
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!
A beautiful village with a museum, library, pub, food services, grocery, gas station, and more!
"Macrorie is located on Highway 45 and is in close proximity to Lake Diefenbaker!"
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.
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