Swift Current

Swift Current is a city of about 16,600 people (2016) in Southwestern Saskatchewan. It was a small wheat growing town in the 1930s, but has since developed into a regional city.

For other places with the same name, see Swift Current (disambiguation).

Understand

The settlement of Swift Current was established in 1883, after the Canadian Pacific Railway surveyed a railway line as far as Swift Current Creek.

Climate

Winters are long, dry, and cold, while summers are short, warm, and relatively wet. The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of −10.1 °C (14 °F), while the warmest month is July, with a mean temperature of 18.2 °C (65 °F). The driest month is February, with an average of 11.8 mm (0.46 in) of precipitation, while the wettest month is June, with an average of 77 mm (3.0 in). Annual precipitation is low, with an average of 392.5 mm (15.45 in). Its location in southwest Saskatchewan gives it slightly milder winters than the provincial capital, Regina, even though it is higher in elevation. Chinook winds happen several times a year allowing residents to enjoy unseasonably warm weather for short periods of time.

Get in

By car

Swift Current is on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) 170 km (110 mi) west from Moose Jaw, and 218 km (135 mi) east from Medicine Hat, Alberta.

By air

Get around

  • Swift Transit, +1 306-770-2263. Red Line – M-Sa 7AM-7PM. Blue Line – M-F 8:40AM-6PM (no service 3:30-4:44PM) $3, children 6-13 $1.

See

Do

Buy

  • 🌍 Swift Current Mall, 1 Springs Drive (near junction of Hwy 1 & Hwy 4). M-Sa 9:30AM-6PM, Su noon-5PM. Safeway.
  • 🌍 Wheatland Mall, 1150 Central Avenue N, +1 306-463-6067. M-W, Sa 9:30AM-6PM, Th-F 9AM-7PM, Su noon-5PM. Pioneer Co-op, Giant Tiger.

Eat

  • Akropol Family Restaurant, 133 Central Ave N, +1 306-773-5454. M-Sa 11AM-closing. Sandwiches and burgers $9-14, pastas $25, pizza, steaks $20-34, Greek specialties.
  • Pho Rainbow Tasty Restaurant, 1150 South Service Rd E, +1 306-971-7275. Vietnamese. Mains $11-14.
  • O'Rudys Creek House, 125 6th Avenue Southeast, +1 306-741-8704. Daily 10AM-10PM. Ice cream shop and restaurant.

Sleep

  • Westwind Motel, 155 North Service Road, +1 306-773-1441. Check-in: 10AM-11:30AM (office closes 11:30PM), check-out: 11AM.
  • Silver Saddle Suites, 150 21st Avenue NE (Corner of Highway #4 South and Chaplin Street), +1 306-778-3422, .
  • Comfort Inn, 1510 South Service Road East, +1 306 778-3994.
  • 🌍 Green Hectares Bed & Breakfast, Waker Road (500 m. Saskatchewan Drive/Cypress Regional Hospital), +1 306-773-7632. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Working cattle ranch and B&B. Luxury rooms with en suite bathrooms in "Red Barn" or rooms in the Ranch house with shared bathrooms. Full hot ranch breakfast with fruit salad and homemade jellies and honey. $75-120.

Go next

Routes through Swift Current
Medicine Hat Maple Creek  W  E  Moose Jaw Regina
The Battlefords Rosetown   N  S  Val Marie Lewistown
END Leader  W  E  END


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