About Kandahar
Kandahar, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small community of less than 50 people located on Highway 16, south of Big Quill Lake.
Kandahar, Saskatchewan is a quiet, peaceful place, quite different from the other Kandahar in Afghanistan.
The area is good farming country. There are several seed farms in the area and you will see all kinds of grain crops, irrigation systems, elk, cattle, sheep and horses.
This is the
best place to see Big Quill Lake, you can get the best views of Big Quill Lake from Highway 16 near
Kandahar.
This certainly is a big lake. Big Quill Lake is about 30 km long and 20 km wide, very salty and
very shallow.
There are two industrial companies using the unique salty water, one
makes fertilizer and the other makes fish food from salt water creatures harvested by
local fishermen.
Kandahar,
Saskatchewan, Canada is a small community of less than 50 people located
on Highway 16, south of Big Quill Lake.
The residents of Kandahar like the
quiet life with lots of room and few distractions.
They have to drive to larger towns such as Wynyard for
groceries and medical care but there is employment in the area and
that is important to everyone.
Tourists stopping to take pictures next
to the Kandahar highway sign and drive thru the town keep things
interesting.
There are few commercial services left in Kandahar, Sk but it was
once home to the legendary Sam's Steakhouse, the best Chinese
restaurant in Saskatchewan in the 1950s and 1960s. Even former Prime
Minister John Diefenbaker knew of Sam's in Kandahar.
Below are a few aerial pictures of Kandahar taken in
2006, can you find where your family lived or the stores where you
shopped?
There is a 1916 picture on the history page to compare to.
Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
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| These pictures are taken from the
north. The railway tracks are in the foreground with Highway
16 around the far edge of the hamlet. |
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| These pictures show the Hamlet of Kandahar from the South. Highway 16 is in the foreground. | ||