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Writer's pictureDre Erwin

10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD VISIT SASKATCHEWAN

Updated: Mar 11, 2022

Look up: Saskatchewan Canada is becoming one of the best places in the world to gaze at the cosmos. For all 10 reasons here, we look at photography.


Aurora in Saskatchewan: best places for northern light photography
Saskatchewan Aurora Display

As our view of the night sky has degraded over the past 15 years or so, astronomy clubs, parks services and governments around the world have been creating dark-sky preserves and astronomy parks where local ordinances defend the night against city light pollution.




Saskatchewan Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, is a display of lights moving across the northern skies in a wave of colors. There are Saskatchewan tour groups and wilderness resorts which provide a front row seat for sightseeing this natural phenomenon.


Northern Saskatchewan has some of the best photography
The Dancing Aurora Borealis can often be seen right out your backdoor in northern Saskatchewan

The light show attracts people from all around the world to the northern regions of Saskatchewan, Canada every year. The best viewing months are during the months of October to March. It is then when the skies glow with green, yellow, blue or red waves of color.


Aurora Borealis near Pinehouse Lake Saskatchewan
Aurora Borealis near Pinehouse Lake Saskatchewan

The wave of colored lights of the Aurora Borealis is a chemical reaction. The lights are created form the mixture of electromagnetic radiation (beamed down from the sun) and the earths atmosphere. The Northern Lights are the result of the gases mixing together high above our heads.



The Saskatchewan tour groups and resorts in the north provide accommodations, meals and transportation to the Northern Lights viewing grounds. Accommodations could be a lodge or cabin. Transportation to the site could be in the form of cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling or dog sledding.


A normal night often shows northern lights only in the northern parts of Saskatchewan
A normal night often shows northern lights only in the northern parts of Saskatchewan

10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD VISIT THE SASKATCHEWAN for aurora borealis photography:


10. Southern Saskatchewan - our tenth place for seeing the northern lights in Saskatchewan is anywhere above Estevan and below Prince Albert


Northern Lights G6 storm over Condie Nature Refuge, near Regina Saskatchewan
Northern Lights G6 storm over Condie Nature Refuge, near Regina Saskatchewan

Aurora Borealis over Sandy Bay Saskatchewan
Aurora Borealis over Sandy Bay Saskatchewan


Aurora borealis photography is fun in Pinehouse Lake, plus there is a hotel and a lot of very friendly people to help guide your travels.
Aurora borealis photography is fun in Pinehouse Lake, plus there is a hotel and a lot of very friendly people to help guide your travels







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