By 1933, #Canada is within the very depths of the depression, with an estimated 27% unemployment rate across the country. #Saskatchewan is experiencing the worst of this as farming income falls to $11 million, down from $363 million in 1928—a direct resul
By the end of the decade, there are over 400 communities across the province being served by #Saskatchewan Power Corporation, with 47 being added in 1949 alone. There are also 7390 km of transmission lines connecting the province.
With the war now in the
The reality of living in a post- #WWII #Saskatchewan is that materials necessary for building transmission lines are not always easy to access. Instead, the Commission decides to get a little creative.
Using salvaged materials, the Commission builds an ad
Over the course of ten years, one #GreatDepression, and an unbelievably damaging drought, #Saskatchewan is able to make it out alive; bruised, but intact. By 1939, the Commission now has 2309 km of transmission lines—nearly the same as the distance betwee
