Swift Current
- For other places with the same name, see Swift Current (disambiguation).
Swift Current is a city of about 16,600 people (2016) in Southwestern Saskatchewan. It was a small wheat growing town in the 1930s, but has since developed into a regional city.
Understand
The settlement of Swift Current was established in 1883, after the Canadian Pacific Railway surveyed a railway line as far as Swift Current Creek.
Climate
Winters are long, dry, and cold, while summers are short, warm, and relatively wet. The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of −10.1 °C (14 °F), while the warmest month is July, with a mean temperature of 18.2 °C (65 °F). The driest month is February, with an average of 11.8 mm (0.46 in) of precipitation, while the wettest month is June, with an average of 77 mm (3.0 in). Annual precipitation is low, with an average of 392.5 mm (15.45 in). Its location in southwest Saskatchewan gives it slightly milder winters than the provincial capital, Regina, even though it is higher in elevation. Chinook winds happen several times a year allowing residents to enjoy unseasonably warm weather for short periods of time.
Get in
By car
Swift Current is on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) 170 km (110 mi) west from Moose Jaw, and 218 km (135 mi) east from Medicine Hat, Alberta.
By air
- Swift Current Airport (6.5 km (4 miles) east of the city), ☏ +1 306-778-4803, +1 306-741-6217, airport@swiftcurrent.ca. 8AM-5PM. Charter and private aircraft only. Regina (YQR IATA) is the nearest airport with scheduled passenger service.
Get around
- Swift Transit, ☏ +1 306-770-2263. Red Line – M-Sa 7AM-7PM. Blue Line – M-F 8:40AM-6PM (no service 3:30-4:44PM) $3, children 6-13 $1.
See
- 1 Art Gallery of Swift Current, 411 Herbert Street E, ☏ +1 306 778-2736, agscprograms@swiftcurrent.ca. Tu-Sa 2-5PM.
- 2 Swift Current Museum, 105 Chaplin St E, ☏ +1 306-778-2775, h.henry@swiftcurrent.ca. Sep-May: M-F 1-5PM; Jun-Aug: M-F 10AM-5PM, Sa Su 1-5PM.
- 3 Mennonite Heritage Village, South Railway St & 17th Ave SE, ☏ +1 306-774-5401. July and August: F-Su and holidays: 2-5PM.
Do
- 1 Elmwood Golf Club, 2015 Hillcrest Drive, ☏ +1 306-778-GOLF (4653), elmwoodgolfclub@sasktel.net.
- Swift Current Little Theatre, ☏ +1 306 773- 9251 (for tickets). An all-volunteer theatre company that produces two shows a year. The company performs at two locations: Cypress Hills Regional College and Beatty Playhouse.
- Windscape Kite Festival.
Buy
- 1 Swift Current Mall, 1 Springs Drive (near junction of Hwy 1 & Hwy 4). M-Sa 9:30AM-6PM, Su noon-5PM. Safeway.
- 2 Wheatland Mall, 1150 Central Avenue N, ☏ +1 306-463-6067. M-W, Sa 9:30AM-6PM, Th-F 9AM-7PM, Su noon-5PM. Pioneer Co-op, Giant Tiger.
Eat
- Akropol Family Restaurant, 133 Central Ave N, ☏ +1 306-773-5454. M-Sa 11AM-closing. Sandwiches and burgers $9-14, pastas $25, pizza, steaks $20-34, Greek specialties.
- Pho Rainbow Tasty Restaurant, 1150 South Service Rd E, ☏ +1 306-971-7275. Vietnamese. Mains $11-14.
- O'Rudys Creek House, 125 6th Avenue Southeast, ☏ +1 306-741-8704. Daily 10AM-10PM. Ice cream shop and restaurant.
Drink
Sleep
- Westwind Motel, 155 North Service Road, ☏ +1 306-773-1441. Check-in: 10AM-11:30AM (office closes 11:30PM), check-out: 11AM.
- Silver Saddle Suites, 150 21st Avenue NE (Corner of Highway #4 South and Chaplin Street), ☏ +1 306-778-3422, silversaddlesuites@shaw.ca.
- Comfort Inn, 1510 South Service Road East, ☏ +1 306 778-3994.
- 1 Green Hectares Bed & Breakfast, Waker Road (500 m. Saskatchewan Drive/Cypress Regional Hospital), ☏ +1 306-773-7632. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Working cattle ranch and B&B. Luxury rooms with en suite bathrooms in "Red Barn" or rooms in the Ranch house with shared bathrooms. Full hot ranch breakfast with fruit salad and homemade jellies and honey. $75-120.
Go next
| Routes through Swift Current |
| Medicine Hat ← Maple Creek ← | W  E |
→ Moose Jaw → Regina |
| The Battlefords ← Rosetown ← | N  S |
→ Val Marie → Lewistown |
| END ← Leader ← | W  E |
→ END |