It is positioned alongside the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served because the cultural and financial hub of central Saskatchewan since its founding in 1882 as a Temperance colony.
Itholakala ngakuTrans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, futhi isebenze njengendawo yezamasiko nezomnotho enkabeni yeSaskatchewan selokhu yasungulwa ngo-1882 njenge koloni le Temperance.