I have been to Regina four times. In 1999 I gave a workshop on archival arrangement and description there, and Yvon flew out to join me. In 2002 I visited twice as I was doing consulting work for the Saskatchewan Archives Board. And in early 2018 I visited briefly to take advantage of a sunny winter day. My memories of the city from previous visits were surprisingly accurate in terms of the look and feel of the city, and I quite enjoy the sixties exuberance of central Regina.
Photo List (Total 277 Photos) Click bolded headers below to view, or click "just the best" for quick tour
Regina in 2018
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Central Regina (95 photos) - One of the oddities, I think, about Regina is that the commercial core centred on Victoria Park is really only a commercial core. The large cultural and government buildings are elsewhere: the Legislature, the galleries and museums, the University, are all clustered around Wascana Lake to the south. This gallery starts at Victoria Park and circles outward from there, and includes office buildings, some historic buildings, City Hall, a trip to a restaurant east of downtown, and a stroll in Cathedral Village.
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Outer Regina (76 photos) - This gallery is most of the city that is not in the downtown core. It starts with the Legislative Building, and includes exterior shots of the arts centre and the science centre, and visits to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, the MacKenzie Art Gallery, the RCMP Heritage Centre, and ends with a cemetery and and the Floral Conservatory.
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University of Regina (25 photos) - Photos of the University of Regina, including the First Nations University of Canada.
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Moose Jaw and a Prairie Drive (43 photos) - I found myself with a bit of time on my second day in Regina, and I drove out of the city aimlessly, enjoying the broad vistas (though the wind was wild when I stepped out of the car to take photos!). I ended up in Moose Jaw, just a bit west of Regina, and strolled around a bit there, had a hot chocolate, then came back to town.
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Flight (17 photos) - The flight to Regina took me over a cold but sunny landscape, and we flew thrillingly close to Thunder Bay and Winnipeg, as well as over the lakes and prairies. These were mostly taken from the window of the plane, but there are a few airport shots as well.
Earlier visits to Regina
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Regina in 1999 (5 photos) - These photos were taken in March 1999, when I gave a workshop in the city. Yvon came out and spent time there with me.
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Regina in 2002 (16 photos) - I visited Regina twice in 2002, once in April and again in October. These photos are from the April visit, and I was amused to see how much they overlap with the more extensive photos of central Regina that I took in 2018. Almost everything in this gallery was re-taken 16 years later. Sad that the Plains Hotel is no more.
