I haven’t deliberately done any DGS excursions this summer, so far, but I try to be prepared for incidental adventures. Pith and kit in the trunk, just in case*.
I met up with my brother just past the Saskatchewan border, in Maple Creek (a place I’d never been; halfway between where we each live), and we did a whiskey shot at the oldest public house in the Province.
The Sable Brothers in the Oldest Public House in Saskatchewan
The Jasper Hotel opened in 1903 and has been continuously open since then. Maple Creek is a hub central to three borders, including Montana’s. The current owner of the Jasper was very proud of his bar’s history and told us about it and the artifacts within the bar. He even had us carded because the server wouldn’t.
Inside the bar
The bar within the bar was from an earlier business, an 1890s hardware store.
The bar is older than the bar! It was from a hardward store built in the 1890s.
The safe was a specialty, state of the art item shipped to the bank in 1912 and later donated to the Jasper.
Safe Cracker
There’s a 100+ year old photo of the hotel on the wall.
119 years ago, maybe
The saddle was owned by the first owner of the bar, who broke her back on her first horse ride and never rode again. It’s been on the wall for over 100 years.
The Jasper Hotel Bar, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Quite a joy to visit, but we barely spent 15 minutes there.
*I did throw on the gear for the Red Rock Coulee side trip my brother convinced me to go on. Post coming soon.