Uranium City established to accommodate the elephant hunters flocking to the North
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| Database ID | 32188 | |
| Institution | Northern Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | DNS Academic Education Branch | |
| File/Item Reference | NSA 002 DNS Extension Services Collection | |
| Date of creation | 1977 | |
| Physical description/extent | 3 pages | |
| Number of images | 3 | |
| Historical note | An article in the June 1977 issue of Denosa magazine published by the Department of Northern Saskatchewan. | |
| Scope and content | The three-page article provides a history of the community of Uranium City and its status at the time, and includes 4 photographs and a map. Uranium prospectors in the 1950s were commonly referred to as elephant hunters - the elephant being the big strike. reports on a track and field meet at Pelican Narrows involving participants from six northern communities and includes 11 photographs. | |
| Contributer | Gill Gracie (author) Gill Gracie (author) Department of Northern Saskatchewan (author) | |
| Copyright holder | Saskatchewan Education | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Northern Saskatchewan Archives applies to Saskatchewan Education for permission to use Materials. | |
| Type | Published | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Articles | |
| Provenance Access Point | Department of Northern Saskatchewan | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 8 | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic | |
| Names | Gracie, Gill | |
| Subject | Community Histories Community Development Mines Community History History Mining Northern Communities Uranium mining | |
| Date Range(s) | 1970-1979 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/32188
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