Only in the Summer

While Moose Jaw is a great place to travel to all year long, there are many things that you can only do in the summer! Here are some of the things we recommend doing before fall gets here.

Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village & Museum - Located just 13 kilometers south of Moose Jaw, the Sukanen Ship is a great place to visit! It’s a pioneer village full of buildings and artifacts that tell the story of the arrival of the railroad and the development that followed. While it would be almost impossible to count all of the artifacts they have on display, there are definitely more than 100,000 including over 50 cars & trucks, over 140 tractors, and 43 pieces of machinery!

Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre - From May Long Weekend to September Long Weekend, the Burrowing Owl Centre offers tours of their facilities where you will learn about the burrowing owls, their habitat, and the conservation work that is being done to keep them around. You’ll also get the chance to see some of their imprinted owls in their enclosures!

Moose Jaw River & Adventure Tours - As long as the river isn’t frozen you can rent a canoe, kayak, or stand up paddle board and explore the Moose Jaw River! You’re sure to see wildlife like beavers, turtles, tons of birds, and more. It’s a great way to see the natural side of Moose Jaw’s beauty!

Moose Jaw Homegrown Farmers Market - Every Saturday throughout the summer (from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm), you can stop by the Farmers Market on Langdon Crescent and discover local produce, flowers, preserves, and baking, as well as tons of cool trinkets made by local artisans! 

Battle Creek Adventure Park - Battle Creek is pretty much the perfect place to spend a summer day. They’ve got paintball, mini golf, beach volleyball, batting cages, and more!

Skydive South Sask - If you’ve ever thought about skydiving, summer is the time to do it! You can take lessons to solo jump, or you can do a tandem jump without the lessons at Skydive South Sask!

Buffalo Pound Provincial Park - While the park is open all year round, there are things you can only do in the summer. Like swimming in the lake or the pool, mini golfing, and mountain biking! It’s also a great place for hiking and fishing.

Daily Trolley Tours - We do offer trolley tours in the spring and fall, but if you want to catch a midweek trolley tour, summer is the time to book! We offer Downtown Trolley Tours daily, and Ghost and True Crime Tours on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

Wakamow Farmers Market - Every Saturday throughout the summer you can catch the Wakamow Farmers Market from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Kiwanis Pavilion! They have a large variety of local items like meat, baked goods, produce, and so much more.

Golfing at the Lynbrook and the Deer Ridge - Lots of people come to Moose Jaw for the golfing! A couple of great places to take a swing are the Lynbrook and the Deer Ridge!

For more summer activity suggestions, ask one of our staff members by emailing info@tourismmoosejaw.com, calling (306) 693-8097, or stopping by our Visitor’s Centre at 450 Diefenbaker Drive.

Mac is 40!

2024 is a special year here at Tourism, that’s because it’s Mac the Moose’s 40th birthday! To celebrate, I thought I’d tell you a little bit more about Moose Jaw’s Most Notorious Resident. It all started in 1984, when local tourism supporters decided that we needed a little something extra to lure people into the city. With a name like Moose Jaw, it wasn’t hard to decide what our new giant attraction should look like! And thus, Mac the Moose was “born”.

Mac was constructed by Don Foulds, an artist from Saskatoon. He used a steel frame, which was first covered with metal mesh, then completed with four coats of cement. A contest was held to name him and eventually Mac was chosen, to honour the late city alderman, Les MacKenzie, and because Mac the Moose has a nice ring to it!

At 32 feet tall Mac reigned as the Tallest Moose in the World from 1984 to 2015, when just outside the little village of Atna in Stor-Elvdal, Norway, Mac’s rival was created. Storelgen (The Big Elk in English) took the crown from Mac in 2015 and for several years, nobody really noticed. Until 2019, when comedians Justin and Greg took matters into their own hands. They found out that Mac had been dethroned and they knew that something had to be done. After they uploaded their video, Mac became a global celebrity! He was discussed in the New York Times, on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and on news channels all around the world! 

We knew that something had to be done and a plan was put together. After we received many kind donations, including $25,000 from Moose Head Breweries, the plan was put into action. On June 5th, 2019 Mac had an “antler-ectomy”, and spent the summer with no antlers, which was confusing to many of his visitors.Team Mac worked hard throughout the summer and fall to get Mac’s new antlers constructed. Team Mac included Orion Taxidermy, Steady Metalworks, and many others!

Finally, on October 10th, 2019, in front of a huge crowd, Mac’s new antlers were unveiled and he became the World’s Tallest Moose once again! We are proud that Mac regained his title and that he’s been a staple of Moose Jaw for the past 40 years! We hope that he’ll continue to hold his title and greet Moose Jaw’s tourists for at least 40 more!