Also known as Speedy Creek, this oil town is home to the Swift Current Museum (natural and regional history) and the Art Gallery of Swift Current. The Mennonite Heritage Village re-creates the life of Mennonite settlers in the 1800s with restored buildings and period furniture.
Northwest of Swift Current are the Great Sand Hills, a huge area (735 sq mi/1,900 sq km) of sand dunes. Begin your visit at the Great Sand Hills Museum in Sceptre, which has detailed directions on how to get to the dunes.
Wood Mountain Provincial Historic Site, southeast of Swift Current, was an outpost staffed by the Mounties in the late 1800s. The post saw more than its share of activity—outlaws roamed the area, and Sitting Bull and his Sioux forces encamped there after they defeated Custer at Little Big Horn. Canada's oldest rodeo was set up at Wood Mountain by the Mounties in 1890.
Also south of Swift Current is the little town of Eastend, home to some of the most exciting dinosaur bones in North America, including the complete skeleton of a tyrannosaurus rex (nicknamed Scotty) excavated nearby. To tour current dig sites in the area, contact the Eastend Fossil Research Station (phone 306-295-4144), which also operates a paleontological museum. Swift Current is 135 mi/215 km southwest of Saskatoon.
