Spadina Crescent, which follows the north side of the river in the downtown area, is best known for it's hotels, including the famous riverfront Bessborough Hotel, and it's heritage churches. They are featured here.

This might be a good time to give some history on the city of Saskatoon itself. Saskatoon is centrally located in the province of Saskatchewan and is the province's largest city, with a population of 230,000. It is located on the banks of the South Saskatchewan river and has 7 bridges. The first settlers arrived in Saskatoon in the summer of 1883, although the area has been inhabited by its Aboriginal population for over 6,000 years. The name Saskatoon is from the Cree Indian name "mis-sask-quah-toomina", the name of a local indigenous berry, the Saskatoon berry. Saskatoon enjoys an average of 2,381 hours of sunshine annually, and is the sunshine capital of Canada. The city was also rated the number one city in Canada for air and water quality by Canada's Chatelaine magazine.