Saskatchewan Forklift Parts

Saskatchewan Forklift Parts - The province of Saskatchewan is the third westernmost province in Canada. It is a prairie province that covers an area of 227,100 square miles or 588,276 square kilometers. The province of Alberta forms the border towards the west, Manitoba lies to the east, the Northwest Territories are the northern border and on the north are the US states of Montana and North Dakota.

Based on statistics as of the month of April 2011, the population of Saskatchewan was around 1,053,960. Mostly, people resides within the southern section of the province. Roughly 257,300 inhabitants reside within Saskatoon that is also the biggest city of the province. The capital city is Regina and about 210,000 people reside there. Some of the other major cities are Jaw, Moose, Prince Albert, North Battleford, Swift Current and Yorkton.

Europeans initially settled in the area during 1774, whilst the area of Saskatchewan was first explored during the year 1690. Lots of indigenous tribes have colonized the region for a long time before European settlement. In the year 1905, Saskatchewan became a province. The existing premier is Brad Wall and the lieutenant-governor is Gordon Barnhart. Mining, energy and agriculture are the main businesses.

The name of the province originates from the Saskatchewan River. In the Cree language the river was designated kisiska-ciwani-si-piy which means swift flowing river.

The economy of the province is associated mostly with agriculture. Over the years there has been increasing diversification and today, fishing, forestry, hunting and agriculture combined only amount for 6.8% of the GDP of the province. A big portion of the country's grain is grown by Saskatchewan. The most common crop being wheat and this is often connected with the province of Saskatchewan in the form of wheat sheafs depicted on the coat of arms of Saskatchewan. The province of Saskatchewan produces other grains including oats, flax, canola, rye, canary seed, barley and peas.

The production of beef cattle in the province of Saskatchewan is another flourishing business and is only exceeded by Alberta. Mining is another big business and Saskatchewan is the biggest exporter of potash and uranium. One more important industry is forestry that is predominant in the province's northern section.

The production of oil and natural gas are key segments of the economy. Oil is the larger of the two businesses since it trails just the province of Alberta in production of oil. Heavy crude oil is extracted in the Lloydminister-Kerrobert-Kindersley regions. Light crude is also found in the Kindersley-Swift Current areas together with the Weyburn-Estevan fields. From the Primrose Lake region through Lloydminister, Kindersley, Leader, Unity and Maple Creek regions and the majority of the whole western section of Saskatchewan, natural gas is abundant.

Crown corporations noted in the province of Saskatchewan consist of SaskEnergy, that is the main supplier of natural gas in the province, SGI or Saskatchewan Government Insurance, SaskTel and SaskPower. The NATO Flying Training Centre at 15 Wing, close to Moose Jaw is operated by Bombardier. During the latter part of the 1990s, Bombardier was awarded a long-term contract for $2.8 billion from the federal government for the running of the facility and the purchase of military aircraft.

Since 1929, SaskPower has been the principal supplier of electricity in the province of Saskatchewan. They manage more than $4.5 billion in assets and serve more than 451,000 clients. SaskPower is a big business who has almost two thousand five hundred permanent full-time workers located within 71 communities.