Recreation:

Riverdene Park:

Home to a ball diamond, outdoor rink, horseshoe pits and picnic areas, it also lies along the Chinook Parkway for lovely walks along the Swift Current Creek, and features public restrooms and plenty of parking. In the winter the park’s gently sloped border makes the perfect tobogganing site for families.

Another feature of Riverdene Park is the Kiwanis Sk8 Park. A 10,000 sq ft Street Style Park available for skateboarding, BMX, rollerblading and long boarding. (Note: the Skate Part can also be rented for private functions).

Additional Area Parks:

·       Billy the Buffalo Park (aka Wood Buffalo Park) – located across from the high school this historic park features a playground and picnic shelter.

·       All Weather Track – located on the grounds of the Swift Current Comprehensive High School, this state-of-the-art facility includes an 8 lane all-weather synthetic running track, and other facilities for track and field activities.

·       O.M. Irwin School Playground

Swift Current Aquatic Centre

This neighbourhood boasts the Swift Current Aquatic Centre, a public swimming pool, located adjacent to the Swift Current Comprehensive High School, and Swift Current’s only public indoor pool. The Centre has a 6-lane, 50 metre pool that ranges in depth from 1 meter to 3.75 meters, a teach pool for the many lessons they host, a whirlpool and dry sauna, a 3-meter and two 1-meter diving boards, and a rock climbing wall. The pool offers easy access steps into the main pool, or a wheel chair lift for those that need more accessibility.

Additional Recreation:

·       Swift Current’s Innovation Credit Union iPlex, home to the Swift Current Broncos WHL Hockey team, and other recreation activities and events – a quick 5 min trip.

·       The Swift Current Dog Park and additional baseball diamonds – 4 min drive.

·       Mitchell Field, home to the Swift Current 57’s Baseball team, as well as other diamonds for Little League Baseball – 4 min drive.

·       The Elmwood Golf Club borders this community on the west side of the Swift Current Creek, though access to play is a three minute drive, while the Chinook Golf Course is a 9 min drive. Both offer 18 holes, a restaurant and lounge, pro-shop, putting and driving ranges as well as golf cart and club rentals.

Schools:

Nearby schools include those of both the Chinook School Division (Public) and Holy Trinity School Division (Separate). Bus service is available to service both divisions for all grades.

Elementary/Middle Schools:

O.M. Irwin School (Grades Pre-K-8) – 2 min drive.

Central Elementary School (Grades: Pre K – 8) - 4 min drive.

Ecole Centennial (Pre-K – 8) / All Saints Catholic School (Grades: Pre K-8) (Note: This is a French Immersion/English public school and Catholic school built as a joint project with shared spaces) – 6 min drive.

Fairview School (Grades: K-8) – 11 min drive.

High School:

Swift Current Comprehensive High School (Grades 9-12) – (Note: For those wishing for a Catholic education, courses can be taken at SCCHS to fit curriculum requirements) – 4 min drive. 

Shopping:

Located centrally between the three main shopping areas in Swift Current, also features a number of restaurants and fast food restaurants that make grabbing a quick supper between work and evening activities, or grabbing a coffee on the way to work, quick and easy. Includes: McDonalds, Tim Horton’s, Edo, Subway, KFC, Pizza Hut, and more.

·      Swift Current Mall: a 4 min drive crossing the Trans Canada Highway, this mall and the developments surrounding it offer access to a Safeway and Wholesale Club for groceries. The Living Sky Casino and Sky Centre events venue, Staples, Wal-Mart, Canadian Tire, as well as a number of gas stations, restaurants and fast-food outlets including a Starbucks.

·      Swift Current’s Historic Downtown: a 5 min drive from the centre of the subdivision, Swift Current’s historic downtown region offers a host of independently owned businesses, including health food stores, flower store, toy store, wedding store, fashion store, furniture stores, banks, restaurants, specialty coffee, and a Pharmasave outlet that is western Canada’s largest. The downtown is also host to the Lyric Theatre, a historic music and theatre venue, as well as Market Square a farmer’s market that happens every Saturday in the summer-season.

·      Wheatland Mall: A 5 min drive away, the Wheatland Mall is home to a Pioneer Co-op grocery, home store, liquor store, and gas mart, as well as a Sasktel outlet, Giant Tiger, Peavey Mart, and Coles Bookstore.

Health Services:

All health clinics, and dental, and optometrist offices can be accessed in short time frames, at the above shopping areas. North Hill is also only a 4 min drive from the newly developed centralized health care area near the Swift Current Mall which includes:

·       Cypress Regional Hospital – opened in 2008, this modern facility offers 91 acute care beds and in addition to Emergency services is the hub of medical services for SW Saskatchewan with services that include: general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, on-site radiology, pathology services and an intensive care unit.

·       The Meadows – opened in 2016, this award-winning facility hosts 225 long-term care patients with more than 225,000 square feet of space. The facility also hosts its own separate Adult Day program and a large Community Centre for resident activities, family gatherings, and other important events. It’s proximity and connection to the hospital, allows for efficient transfers if required.

·       Physician and Dental Clinics: Located across from the hospital this area hosts a number of physician and dental clinics, including the Cypress Medical and Surgical Specialists Clinic, the Southwest Medi-Centre, Swift Hearing Centre, North Side Medical Clinic, Careica Health (formerly Provincial Sleep Group) and Sask Valley Dental.

Walk Score: 31

While this area is still very car dependent for running the majority of errands, it also boasts a walking trail along the Chinook Parkway which borders the Elmwood Golf Course, and travels underneath North Hill Drive to take you to Riverdene Park and a stroll alongside the Swift Current Creek. A pedestrian bridge takes you across the Creek and lets you continue along the Parkway, or you can use the stairs located across from the bridge, to wind your way back into the North Hill neighbourhood to home.

History:

Bordering Mt. Pleasant Burial Park, the city’s oldest cemetery, this cemetery showcases a timeline of the City of Swift Current’s history with some of its more notable citizen interred there, and through its dedicated area that pays homage to Swift Current veterans who fought in WW I and WW II and beyond. Those interested in learning more about the City’s history can take a stroll through the cemetery at their leisure or join one of the summer-time tours offered by the Swift Current Museum.

This neighbourhood also features the historic Billy the Buffalo Park, which was featured in a 1979 National Film Board (NFB) documentary called “Give’em a Half Turn” which documents the journey of Billy Buffalo, a wooden playground structure by Saskatchewan artist Russel Yuristy, as it travelled across Saskatchewan to its home in Swift Current’s North Hill neighbourhood. Sadly the sculpture only stood for three months before being burned to the ground by vandals on Halloween, resulting in over $75,000 in damages. The sculpture was rebuilt the following year in concrete, but was taken down in 2007 to make way for the modern play structure that families enjoy today.