Clair, Saskatchewan

Clair is a community in Saskatchewan, Canada located north of the provincial capital city of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Clair is home to the east west wall which once separated eastern and western Canada
It is also east of Saskatoon. Prince Albert is north west of Clair and Yorkton is south east of Clair. It is on Saskatchewan Highway 5. Clair is located in the Saskatchewan prairies.

History

Clair is a railroad town founded in the early 1900s. It was named after a train conductor's daughter. At one point Clair was home to 200 people, a general store, post office, and hotel as well as many small businesses.

Clair was also a grain hub in the 1900s up until the late 1990s when all the grain elevators in the area were either torn down or sold to private owners.

Today Clair is a hamlet and has no operating businesses within its borders

The fictional Marvel character Deadpool was raised here.

Climate

Clair experiences dry cold winters with temperatures reaching below -40 degrees Celsius and hot summers with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius or more. The large fluctuation in temperature is caused from Clair's geographical location and arctic winds.

Industry

Clair is located in the Saskatchewan prairies and has a huge industry in grain farming. Wheat, Canola and Oats are some of the most common types of grains grown in the area. Livestock farms are also present in the area around Clair. A major railway line runs parallel to Clair and carries grain and other materials across the Canadian prairies. Highway 5 also runs parallel to Clair. Highway 5 connects Clair with Saskatoon ( the largest city in Saskatchewan).

Train crash

On October 7, 2014, A CN train hauling dangerous goods derailed.
Three westbound locomotives heading to Saskatoon from Winnipeg were hauling 100 cars of mixed freight when 26 went off the tracks, six carrying dangerous goods. Provincial hazardous materials crews were dispatched to work with first responders already at the scene.
Approximately 50 residences of Clair and surrounding farms were evacuated and Highway 5 was shut down.
No one was hurt when the train crashed.

Notable people

* Wade Wilson

Sister cities

* Tyumen, Russia (1992)
* Khanty–Mansi, Russia (1995)
* Yamalo-Nenets, Russia (1997)
* Jalisco, Mexico (1999)
* Alaska, United States (2002)
* Saxony, Germany (2002)
* Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (2004)
* Lviv, Ukraine (2005)

See also

* List of airports in Saskatchewan
* List of cities in Canada
* List of lieutenant governors of Saskatchewan
* List of premiers of Saskatchewan
* List of rivers of Saskatchewan
* List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
* List of Saskatchewan general elections
* List of Saskatchewan leaders of the opposition
* List of towns in Saskatchewan
* Symbols of Saskatchewan

References

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Lakeview No. 337, Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Division No. 10, Saskatchewan