The South West Off Leash Recreation Area, Southwest OLRA, falls within the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. In 2013, the South West Off Leash Dog Park becomes a 14.5 acre fenced off OLRA within the afforestation area.
This South West OLRA park is 14.5 acres in size, and located north of Cedar Villa Road. According to Francois Biber, of Newstalk 650 CKOM, “after an informal recreation area between 11th Street and the Canadian Pacific was sold for multi-use housing development, the City of Saskatoon has chosen a new lot, south of the railway tracks and adjacent to the city’s new civic operations centre.”
adapted from a small segment of the 2015 RM Corman Park Map
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The city of Saskatoon is developing the Brighton Dog Park at this time.
Currently there are 9 recreational areas owned by the city for off leash dog walking;
- Avalon Dog Park Saskatoon, Outdoor Recreation – Park at the furthest south end of Broadway Avenue – can be seen from Circle Drive.
- Caswell Dog Park near Mayfair Pool
- Chief Whitecap Dog Park ROLO Saskatoon community; Shaping Saskatoon Chief Whitecap Park; Save Whitecap Park
- Hampton Village Dog Park Hampton Village OLRA near the airport, however it is inaccessible until the summer of 2016
- Hyde Park OLRA along Boychuck Drive
- Pierre Radisson Dog Park which is in the Westmount Neighbourhood situated between 32nd street and 33rd street
- Silverwood Dog Park which can be accessed from Kinnear Avenue or Adilman Drive
- Sutherland Beach Dog Park which can be accessed by a gravel road parallel to Attridge Drive, access off of Central Avenue.
The Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is in the City of Saskatoon at the furthest south west edge. Please make your way out of the city towards the landfill, onto Valley Road and drive past the entrance to the land fill on the left side of the road (south). However, don’t follow Valley Road all the way to the Strawberry Ranch or the Berry Barn. When you pass the Civic Operations Centre (bus Barns Construction Site) on the right side of the road (north). There is a sign there for Cedar Villa Estates, and township road 362 A as shown before the little right turn at township road 362A, then a quick left onto “Cedar Villa Road.”
On Cedar Villa Road you will continue heading west. Drive past the Snow Dump Road. The next turn off on the right side of the road (north) there will be parking for the South West off Leash Dog Park.
“The fate of an individual or a nation will always be determined by the degree of his or its harmony with the forces and laws of Nature and the universe. Man is not alone in the universe but is surrounded by sources of power, harmony and knowledge. The fullness of life depends upon man’s harmony with the totality of the natural cosmic laws. Our individual evolution is a job that has to be carried on day by day by each individual himself. It is a livelong task.” ~Richard St. Barbe Baker
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Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′
Addresses:
Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A
Part SE 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A
S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A
NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063
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What was Richard St. Barbe Baker’s mission, that he imparted to the Watu Wa Miti, the very first forest scouts or forest guides? To protect the native forest, plant ten native trees each year, and take care of trees everywhere.
“We stand in awe and wonder at the beauty of a single tree. Tall and graceful it stands, yet robust and sinewy with spreading arms decked with foliage that changes through the seasons, hour by hour, moment by moment as shadows pass or sunshine dapples the leaves. How much more deeply are we moved as we begin to appreciate the combined operations of the assembly of trees we call a forest.”~Richard St. Barbe Baker
“St. Barbe’s unique capacity to pass on his enthusiasm to others. . . Many foresters all over the world found their vocations as a result of hearing ‘The Man of the Trees’ speak. I certainly did, but his impact has been much wider than that. Through his global lecture tours, St. Barbe has made millions of people aware of the importance of trees and forests to our planet.” Allan Grainger
“The science of forestry arose from the recognition of a universal need. It embodies the spirit of service to mankind in attempting to provide a means of supplying forever a necessity of life and, in addition, ministering to man’s aesthetic tastes and recreational interests. Besides, the spiritual side of human nature needs the refreshing inspiration which comes from trees and woodlands. If a nation saves its trees, the trees will save the nation. And nations as well as tribes may be brought together in this great movement, based on the ideal of beautifying the world by the cultivation of one of God’s loveliest creatures – the tree.” ~ Richard St. Barbe Baker.
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 