Editing Saskatoon (section)

==History==
{{Main article|History of Saskatoon}}
[[File:BarrColonists.jpg|thumb|left|[[Isaac Barr|Barr]] Colonists in Saskatoon in 1903. The settlement of Saskatoon saw an economic boom when the travelling Barr Colonists encamped around the community.]]
In 1882, the [[Toronto]]-based Temperance Colonization Society was granted 21 [[Section (United States land surveying)|sections]] of land straddling the South Saskatchewan River, between what is now [[Warman, Saskatchewan|Warman]] and [[Dundurn, Saskatchewan|Dundurn]]. The aim of the group was to escape the liquor trade in Toronto and set up a "dry" community in the [[Prairie]] region. The following year settlers, led by [[John Neilson Lake]], arrived on the site of what is now Saskatoon and established the first permanent settlement. The settlers travelled by railway from [[Ontario]] to [[Moose Jaw]] and then completed the final leg via horse-drawn cart, as the railway had yet to be completed to Saskatoon.<ref name=HistoryTo1914>{{cite web|url=http://www.saskatoon100.ca/docs/SaskatoonHistoryto1914.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003192952/http://www.saskatoon100.ca/docs/SaskatoonHistoryto1914.pdf |archive-date=2006-10-03 |title=A History of Saskatoon to 1914 |date=July 2005 |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref><ref>Although the permanent settlement was started in 1883, Saskatoon dates its founding to 1882, hence its "Century Saskatoon" centennial celebrations occurring in 1982, not 1983.</ref>
[[File:Saskatoon The Wonder City.jpg|alt=a woman standing over a busy trainyard in Saskatoon with the words "Saskatoon, the Wonder City"|left|thumb|Small booklet depicting a woman standing over a busy trainyard in Saskatoon (Source: https://archive.org/details/prairiepromisespostcard_109)]]
In 1885 the [[North-West Rebellion]] affected the tiny community in a variety of ways. [[Chief Whitecap]] and Charles Trottier passed through the present day University campus on their way to join [[Louis Riel]]'s armed forces at [[Batoche, Saskatchewan]]. Following the fighting at the [[Battle of Fish Creek]], and the [[Battle of Batoche]], wounded Canadian soldiers convalesced at the [[Marr Residence]] which is today a historic site. A few died in care and were buried in the [[Nutana Pioneer Cemetery|Pioneer Cemetery]] near the Exhibition Grounds.

A town charter for the west side of the river was obtained in 1903, and this settlement adopted the name Saskatoon; the original townsite, which became a village that year, was renamed Nutana. In 1906 Saskatoon became a city with a population of 4,500, which included the communities of Saskatoon, Riversdale and Nutana. In 1955, a newly established community west of the city, [[Montgomery Place, Saskatoon|Montgomery Place]], was [[annexation|annexed]], followed by the neighbouring town of [[Sutherland, Saskatoon|Sutherland]] in 1956.<ref>{{cite book
| last = O'Brien
| first = Jeff
| editor = Roberta Coulter
|author2=Ruth W. Millar, William P. Delainey
| title = Saskatoon: A History in Photographs
| year = 2006
| publisher = Coteau Books
| page = 88
| isbn = 1-55050-336-7}}</ref> Saskatoon serves as a regional center for the northern prairies and for central and northern Saskatchewan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saskatoon {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/saskatoon |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>